Perceived Produce Availability and Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Healthy Communities Study

Children eat more fruits and vegetables when more are available at home, but less is known about how the neighborhood food environment relates to children’s diet and weight outcomes. The goal of this study was to determine whether parental perception of the food environment (neighborhood and home) i...

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Autores principales:	Laurel F. Moffat, Lorrene D. Ritchie, Wendi Gosliner, Kaela R. Plank, Lauren E. Au
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	food environment diet fruits and vegetables children Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:654ca11b0621471787718464bcff62ce2021-11-25T18:33:08ZPerceived Produce Availability and Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Healthy Communities Study10.3390/nu131136812072-6643https://doaj.org/article/654ca11b0621471787718464bcff62ce2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/3681https://doaj.org/toc/2072-6643Children eat more fruits and vegetables when more are available at home, but less is known about how the neighborhood food environment relates to children’s diet and weight outcomes. The goal of this study was to determine whether parental perception of the food environment (neighborhood and home) is associated with children’s fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake and weight outcomes, and to assess differences by household food security status and household income. Cross-sectional data from the 2013–2015 U.S. Healthy Communities Study included 5138 children, aged 4 to 15 years old, from 130 U.S. communities. Neighborhood and home food environments were assessed with parent-reported, perceived F&V availability scores. Associations were tested with multi-level linear regression models. Parents’ perception of produce availability was associated with household F&V availability ratings (β = 0.09 points, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Household F&V availability was associated with child F&V intake (β = 0.32 cups/day or 25.6 g/day, <i>p</i> < 0.001). A higher child F&V intake was associated with a lower child BMI z-score (β = −0.05, <i>p</i> = 0.002). Weaker relationships were seen for children living in food insecure or low-income households. Optimizing neighborhood and home access to F&V may help children improve diet quality, but may not be as effective for children living in food insecure or low-income households.Laurel F. MoffatLorrene D. RitchieWendi GoslinerKaela R. PlankLauren E. AuMDPI AGarticlefood environmentdietfruits and vegetableschildrenNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641ENNutrients, Vol 13, Iss 3681, p 3681 (2021)
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spellingShingle	food environment diet fruits and vegetables children Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Laurel F. Moffat Lorrene D. Ritchie Wendi Gosliner Kaela R. Plank Lauren E. Au Perceived Produce Availability and Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Healthy Communities Study
description	Children eat more fruits and vegetables when more are available at home, but less is known about how the neighborhood food environment relates to children’s diet and weight outcomes. The goal of this study was to determine whether parental perception of the food environment (neighborhood and home) is associated with children’s fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake and weight outcomes, and to assess differences by household food security status and household income. Cross-sectional data from the 2013–2015 U.S. Healthy Communities Study included 5138 children, aged 4 to 15 years old, from 130 U.S. communities. Neighborhood and home food environments were assessed with parent-reported, perceived F&V availability scores. Associations were tested with multi-level linear regression models. Parents’ perception of produce availability was associated with household F&V availability ratings (β = 0.09 points, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Household F&V availability was associated with child F&V intake (β = 0.32 cups/day or 25.6 g/day, <i>p</i> < 0.001). A higher child F&V intake was associated with a lower child BMI z-score (β = −0.05, <i>p</i> = 0.002). Weaker relationships were seen for children living in food insecure or low-income households. Optimizing neighborhood and home access to F&V may help children improve diet quality, but may not be as effective for children living in food insecure or low-income households.
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author	Laurel F. Moffat Lorrene D. Ritchie Wendi Gosliner Kaela R. Plank Lauren E. Au
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title	Perceived Produce Availability and Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Healthy Communities Study
title_short	Perceived Produce Availability and Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Healthy Communities Study
title_full	Perceived Produce Availability and Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Healthy Communities Study
title_fullStr	Perceived Produce Availability and Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Healthy Communities Study
title_full_unstemmed	Perceived Produce Availability and Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Healthy Communities Study
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publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Perceived Produce Availability and Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Healthy Communities Study

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