Table 2.

Nutrition and food shopping behaviour of the upstate NY Burmese refugee sample (n 173)

Characteristic		n	%
Meeting the daily fruit and vegetable consumption recommendation *	Yes	78	45·1
	No	95	54·9
Nutritional knowledge	Satisfactory	76	43·9
	Not satisfactory	97	56·1
Perceived neighbourhood food environment	Favourable	31	17·9
	Not favourable	142	82·1
Preferred food store	Burmese	91	52·6
	Chinese (pan-Asian)	65	37·6
	South Asian (halal)	16	9·2
	Regional supermarket	1	0·6
Shopping frequency at preferred store	Once a month	6	3·5
	2–3 times a month	34	19·7
	Once a week	60	34·7
	2 or more times a week	73	42·2
Network distance to preferred store	Less than 1·3 km (0·8 mile)	54	31·2
	1·3 km (0·8 mile) or longer	119	68·8

^*Consuming two or more servings of fruits and three or more servings of vegetables per day.