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The
Oriental Food Market in the Angkor
Market at 418 Quequechan Street was visited on January 13, 2010 as
part of a survey of nearly 100
neighborhood markets in Fall River during the week of January 8 through
15, 2010. The project was designed to to improve the nutritional value of the foods offered in these
stores, especially the availability of fruits, vegetables and whole grain
products over the next few years. A group of eight volunteers took part
in the survey following a training
session at the UMass Professional Learning Center on South Main
Street. Results from the survey will help in planning future interventions
designed by the Fall
River Mass In Motion project. Mass In Motion,
an initiative to combat obesity and the chronic
diseases that result from overweight and lack of physical exercise privately funded by the state’s largest insurance carriers. For more information about
the project, contact Mass In Motion coordinator Julie
Kelly at 508-324-2405. |
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Top row, left) Diabetes Association Community Health Worker Grace Diaz looks over photos of various tropical fruits, some of which are for sale in the Oriental Food Market in the Angkor Market. (Top row, center) Grace looks at a yam with a bright purple interior as she looks over the large assortment of vegetables. (Middle row) Grace inspects some baby bok choy and a pomelo, some of the Asian vegetables that are not available in other local markets. (Bottom row) Diabetes Association Adult Program Coordinator John Quintas looks over some ginger root and some low carbohydrate crackers that would be a good choice for many of his clients at the Diabetes Association before completing the survey. |
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