Nutrition quality of food purchases varies by household income: the SHoPPER study
Nutrition quality of food purchases varies by household income: the SHoPPER study
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DOI:
10.1186/s12889-019-6546-2
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发表时间:
2019-02-26
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4.5
通讯作者:
Appelhans, Bradley M.
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作者:
French, Simone A.;Tangney, Christy C.;Appelhans, Bradley M.
BackgroundLower household income has been consistently associated with poorer diet quality. Household food purchases may be an important intervention target to improve diet quality among low income populations. Associations between household income and the diet quality of household food purchases were examined.MethodsFood purchase receipt data were collected for 14days from 202 urban households participating in a study about food shopping. Purchase data were analyzed using NDS-R software and scored using the Healthy Eating Index 2010 (HEI 2010). HEI total and subscores, and proportion of grocery dollars spent on food categories (e.g. fruits, vegetables, sugar sweetened beverages) were examined by household income-to-poverty ratio.ResultsCompared to lower income households, after adjusting for education, marital status and race, higher income households had significantly higher HEI total scores (mean [sd]=68.2 [13.3] versus 51.6 [13.9], respectively, adjusted p=0.05), higher total vegetable scores (mean [sd]=3.6 [1.4] versus 2.3 [1.6], respectively, adjusted p