Nutritional Challenges Faced by Seniors Living in Rural Areas

Moderator:

Dr. Linda Benjamin Bobroff, Ph.D., RD, LD/N

Department of Family, Youth & Community Sciences

University of Florida

Speaker:

Joseph R. Sharkey, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D

Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health

Director, Texas Healthy Aging Research Network (TxHAN)

Director, Program for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities

School of Rural Public Health

Texas A&M Health Science Center

The webinar will:

Highlight challenges to defining rural food environment and the types of food stores or food outlet

Describe potential spatial access to the food environment in six rural counties in Texas

Discuss the types of food items available in different types of food store

Discuss the influence of perceived and objective measures of the food environment on food security and healthy eating among seniors in a large rural area.