VI. Food Assessment Research: University of Minnesota, Morris
UMM Survey (strongly (Strongly agree agree and and somewhat somewhat agree agree combined): combined) UMM Staff staff survey Barriers barriers to to Healthy healthy Eating eating
Physical Environment and Policy Changes to support Healthy Eating: Most students, faculty, and staff identified potential changes in the food environment that could make fruits, vegetables, and other healthy foods an easier choice. Environment and Policy Changes key findings—
• making healthy foods, fruits, and vegetables less expensive;
• Nearly three of four UMM students, faculty, and staff agree that these changes in the campus environment would contribute to their eating a healthier diet:
• offering the healthy foods, fruits, and vegetables that individuals like and prefer; and
- making healthy foods, fruits and vegetables less expensive; - offering the healthy foods, fruits, and vegetables that individuals like and prefer; and - including more fruits and vegetables in the menu items served and at campus gatherings and events. • Nearly three of four students, faculty, and staff would eat more fruits and vegetables at home if they were less expensive and those that they like were more available. Half would eat more fruits and vegetables if they had a garden and access to more local and organic produce. • More on-campus farmers markets would make a difference for most students, faculty, and staff. • A garden to grow their own fruits and vegetables would contribute positively to most students and some staff eating more fruits and vegetables (one in three students agree strongly).
Nearly three of four students, faculty, and staff support a number of potential environment and policy changes to support healthy eating on campus:
• including more fruits and vegetables in the menu items served and at campus gatherings and events. More than half of respondents (60 percent) strongly agree that they would eat healthier on campus if healthy foods were less expensive. And nearly half (46 percent) strongly agreed that they would eat more fruits and vegetables on campus if they were less expensive. More than 40 percent strongly agreed that they would eat healthier on campus if the healthy foods they liked were offered. Nearly three of four students, faculty, and staff would eat more fruits and vegetables at their homes if they were less expensive (74 percent) and those that they like were more available on campus and in the community (69 percent). Nearly half (49 percent) would eat more fruits and vegetables at home if they had a garden to grown their own or if more local and organic fruits and vegetables were available.
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