Comparison of Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Urban Low-Income US Adults Receiving a Produce Voucher in 2 Cities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Fruit and vegetable vouchers have been implemented by cities and counties across the US to increase fruit and vegetable intake and thereby improve overall nutritional quality.

Objective

To determine whether and why use of fruit and vegetable vouchers are associated with varied nutritional intake across different populations and environments.

Design, setting, and participants

In a population-based pre-post cohort study of 671 adult participants with low income before and during (6 months after initiation) participation in a 6-month program, fruit and vegetable vouchers were distributed for redemption at local San Francisco and Los Angeles neighborhood grocery and corner stores between 2017 and 2019. A transportability analysis was performed to identify facto

SUBMITTER: Basu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7985725 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature