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Food Security Status and Barriers to Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Two Economically Deprived Communities of Oakland, California, 2013–2014

ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 13 — February 11, 2016

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Figure 1. The relationship between the degree of agreement with the statement, “I don’t think healthy foods taste good” and the number of average daily servings of fruits and vegetables, by food security status, Oakland, California, 2013–2014.

Survey Response No. of Average Daily Servings (95% Confidence Interval)
Food Secure Food Insecure
Strongly disagree 2.86 (2.64–3.09) 2.20 (1.90–2.50)
Disagree 2.49 (2.29–2.69) 2.10 (1.88–2.32)
Neutral 2.11 (1.76–2.47) 2.00 (1.74–2.26)
Agree 1.74 (1.18–2.29) 1.90 (1.51–2.29)
Strongly agree 1.36 (0.59–2.13) 1.80 (1.25–2.34)

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Figure 2. The relationship between the degree of agreement with the statement, “It costs too much for me to eat healthy foods” and the number of average daily servings of fruits and vegetables, by food security status, Oakland, California, 2013–2014.

Likert scale Average Daily Servings of Fruits and Vegetables (95% Confidence Interval)
Food Secure Food Insecure
Strongly disagree 2.92 (2.67–3.18) 2.25 (1.80–2.71)
Disagree 2.63 (2.45–2.81) 2.19 (1.87–2.50)
Neutral 2.34 (2.13–2.55) 2.13 (1.90–2.35)
Agree 2.05 (1.73–2.36) 2.06 (1.81–2.32)
Strongly agree 1.75 (1.31–2.19) 2.00 (1.62–2.38)

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