Barriers to healthy food access: Associations with household income and cooking behavior

AbstractTo examine how barriers to healthy food access and household income are associated with cooking and eating behaviors we fielded a nationally representative survey among 1112 adults in the United States in 2015. The survey included measures of barriers to accessing healthy food, household inc...

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Published in:Preventive medicine reports 2019-03, Vol.13, p.298-305
Main Authors: Wolfson, Julia A, Ramsing, Rebecca, Richardson, Caroline R, Palmer, Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
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Internal Medicine
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Summary:AbstractTo examine how barriers to healthy food access and household income are associated with cooking and eating behaviors we fielded a nationally representative survey among 1112 adults in the United States in 2015. The survey included measures of barriers to accessing healthy food, household income, and frequency of cooking and eating meals, cooking practices, and other eating behaviors. We used multivariable poisson regression to examine the association of household income and barriers to healthy food access with cooking and eating behavior outcomes. We find that low income was associated with higher barriers to accessing healthy food (barriers) and that both income and barriers were associated with differences in cooking frequency/practices, and consumption behaviors. In interaction models, cooking and eating behaviors did not vary based on barriers for the lowest income level (
ISSN:2211-3355
2211-3355
DOI:10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.01.023