Home gardening and associations with fruit and vegetable intake and BMI.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand who engages in home gardening and whether gardening is associated with fruit and vegetable intake and weight status.

Design

A national cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Online survey panel in the USA.

Participants

Adults aged 18-75 years representing the US population with respect to gender, age, race/ethnicity, income and geographic region (n 3889).

Results

Approximately 30 % of survey respondents reported growing edible plants in a home garden. Gardeners were more likely to be White or Asian, employed, have higher income, be married, have children in the household and live in rural areas. Gardeners were less likely to be obese and more likely to meet US dietary recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption. In multivariable

SUBMITTER: Kegler MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200511 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature