Table 2.

Ranking of support for seven obesity prevention policy change strategies among the Heart Healthy Lenoir Lifestyle Intervention Participants (n = 366).^*

Strategy	Mean Rank	Median Rank	Standard Deviation	25th – 75th Inter- quartile range
Communities should improve sidewalks to support walking.	8.45	10.00	2.36	8.00–10.00
Communities should improve access to outdoor exercise and recreation places, like parks and waterways.	8.37	10.00	2.29	7.00–10.00
Communities should provide incentives to food stores to offer healthier food and beverage choices in rural or low-income areas.	8.17	9.00	2.40	7.00–10.00
Communities should support locating schools within easy walking distance of where people live.	8.02	9.00	2.44	6.00–10.00
Communities should provide incentives to food stores to locate in rural or low-income areas.	7.99	9.00	2.55	6.00–10.00
Communities should limit advertisements of less healthy foods and beverages.	7.23	8.00	3.10	5.00–10.00
Communities should increase support for breastfeeding.	7.22	8.00	2.90	5.00–10.00

^*Response options for each item were 1–10, where 1 indicated the participant "strongly did not support" the strategy and 10 indicated the participant "strongly supported" this strategy.