Table 3.

Barriers to implementing best practices in serving foods and beverages by geographic location (urban, rural) and organizational structure (Child Care Center [CCC] vs. Family Child Care Home [FCCH]) (N = 1170).

	Urban(n = 591)				Rural(n = 579)
Barriers to Providing Healthier Meals and Snacks to Children in Child Care	CCC(n = 119)%	FCCH(n = 472)%	χ2		CCC(n = 81)%	FCCH(n = 498)%	χ2
1. Limited space for food storage	31.1	12.4	24.343	**	27.2	16.3	5.604	*
2. Limited time to shop more than once/ week	29.9	36.9	1.966		37.0	39.6	0.196
3. Not enough money to cover the cost of serving healthier meals and snacks	28.8	40.8	5.692	*	44.4	48.7	0.497
4. Children would not like the taste of healthier meals and snacks	28.6	37.2	3.073		32.1	40.1	1.822
5. Lack of control over the delivered foods	27.1	3.7	66.046	**	18.5	5.2	18.542	**
6. Lack of the time to prepare healthier foods	16.1	24.6	3.817	*	26.3	22.9	0.421
7. Other areas have higher priority than nutrition at this time	13.6	7.6	4.165	*	8.6	5.4	1.337
8. Many different recommendations to follow	12.6	18.0	1.939		18.5	23.0	0.819
9. Parents do not support serving healthier foods	9.2	9.8	0.039		10.1	12.7	0.425
10. Lack of the knowledge to prepare healthier foods	8.4	5.0	2.107		9.9	4.4	4.324	*
11. Lack of support from other providers	6.8	3.7	2.174		8.8	3.9	3.750	*
12. Unsure which foods can be reimbursed by CACFP	5.9	8.4	0.850		6.3	11.9	2.111
13. Lack of availability of healthy foods in my area	4.2	3.2	0.268		18.5	21.6	0.393

Notes: Chi square analysis using 2x2 contingency table; *p < .05, **p < .01.