Feeding a Family in a Recession: Food Insecurity Among Minnesota Parents
Feeding a Family in a Recession: Food Insecurity Among Minnesota Parents
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.2011.300390
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发表时间：
2012-03-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
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作者：
Bruening, Meg;MacLehose, Richard;Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
目标。我们在大量不同的父母样本中评估了当前的食品不安全水平，并检查了食品不安全与父母体重状况、饮食模式和家庭食品环境之间的关系。F-EAT项目（青少年的家庭、饮食和活动）调查了青少年的家庭食物环境。父母和照顾者（n = 2095）与明尼阿波利斯-圣。明尼苏达州各学区在2009-2010年的12个月期间完成了邮寄调查。我们使用多变量回归进行评估。近39%的父母和照顾者经历了家庭粮食不安全，而13%的人经历了非常低的粮食安全。粮食不安全与营养不良相关的变量显著相关，如父母超重和肥胖的比例较高，用餐时提供的健康食品较少，以及暴饮暴食的比例较高。食物不安全的父母报告在获取水果和蔬菜方面存在障碍的可能性是其他父母的2至4倍。粮食不安全非常普遍。需要采取环境干预措施，以保护弱势家庭免受粮食不安全的影响，并改善获得负担得起的健康食品的机会。[J] .中华卫生杂志，2012;32(2):526 -526。doi: 10.2105 / AJPH.2011.300390)
Objectives. We assessed current levels of food insecurity among a large, diverse sample of parents and examined associations between food insecurity and parental weight status, eating patterns, and the home food environment.Methods. Project F-EAT (Families and Eating and Activity Among Teens) examined the home food environments of adolescents. Parents and caregivers (n = 2095) living with adolescents from the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota school districts completed mailed surveys during a 12-month period in 2009-2010. We performed our assessments using multivariate regressions.Results. Almost 39% of the parents and caregivers experienced household food insecurity, whereas 13% experienced very low food security. Food insecurity was significantly associated with poorer nutrition-related variables such as higher rates of parental overweight and obesity, less healthy foods served at meals, and higher rates of binge eating. Food-insecure parents were 2 to 4 times more likely to report barriers to accessing fruits and vegetables.Conclusions. Food insecurity was highly prevalent. Environmental interventions are needed to protect vulnerable families against food insecurity and to improve access to affordable, healthy foods. (Am J Public Health. 2012;102: 520-526. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300390)