Relationship Between Grocery Shopping Frequency and Home- and Individual-Level Diet Quality Among Low-Income Racial or Ethnic Minority Households With Preschool-Aged Children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The home food environment can shape the diets of young children. However, little is known about modifiable factors that influence home food availability and dietary intake.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between grocery shopping frequency with home- and individual-level diet quality.

Design

This was a secondary, cross-sectional analyses of data from the Study on Children's Home Food Availability Using TechNology. Data were collected in the homes of participants from November 2014 through March 2016.

Participants/settings

A purposive sample of 97 low-income African American and Hispanic or Latinx parent-child dyads residing in Chicago, IL, enrolled in the study.

Main outcome measures

The main outcomes were h

SUBMITTER: Banks J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7529967 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature