Food Insecurity, the Home Food Environment, and Parent Feeding Practices in the Era of COVID‐19

Objective This study aimed to describe changes in families’ home food environment and parent feeding practices, from before to during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, and examine whether changes differed by food security status. Methods Parents (N = 584) in the US completed a single...

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Veröffentlicht in:Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Md.), 2020-11, Vol.28 (11), p.2056-2063
Hauptverfasser: Adams, Elizabeth L., Caccavale, Laura J., Smith, Danyel, Bean, Melanie K.
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Zusammenfassung:Objective This study aimed to describe changes in families’ home food environment and parent feeding practices, from before to during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, and examine whether changes differed by food security status. Methods Parents (N = 584) in the US completed a single online survey, reporting on food security, home food availability, and feeding practices both retrospectively (considering before COVID‐19) and currently (during COVID‐19). χ2 and univariate regressions examined associations by food security status. Results The percent of families reporting very low food security increased by 20% from before to during COVID‐19 (P 
ISSN:1930-7381
1930-739X
DOI:10.1002/oby.22996