ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015
Socioeconomic inequalities in children's diet: the role of the home food environment.
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- The effectiveness of asking behaviors among 9-11 year-old children in increasing home availability and children's intake of fruit and vegetables: results from the Squire's Quest II self-regulation game intervention.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Trial
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- Global Trends in Adolescent Health Inequalities and Their Social Determinants: A Bibliometric and Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Black-White Disparity in Child Hyperactivity-Inattention Problems in Families Living Without Sufficient Foods.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Eating Behaviors Among School-Going Children in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrition and metabolic insights · 2026Article
- Socio-Demographic Determinants of Dietary Strategies of Mothers of School-Aged Children-A Study in Pomeranian Province.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Intergenerational transmission of health inequalities: towards a life course approach to socioeconomic inequalities in health - a review.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2024Review
- The Association between Food Security Status and the Home Food Environment among a Sample of Rural South Carolina Residents.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Unhealthy food availability, prominence and promotion in a representative sample of supermarkets in Flanders (Belgium): a detailed assessment.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- Impact of the Family Environment on the Frequency of Animal-Based Product Consumption in School-Aged Children in Central Poland.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Home Nutrition Environment among Low-Income Minority Households with Elementary-Aged Children.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is well documented in the literature that low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with lower consumption of healthy foods and that these differences in consumption patterns are influenced by neighborhood food environments. Less understood is the role that SES differences in physical and social aspects of the home food environment play in consumption patterns.
methodsUsing data on 4th grade children from the 2009-2011 Texas School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) study, we used mixed-effects regression models to test the magnitude of differences in the SPAN Health Eating Index (SHEI) by parental education as an indicator of SES, and the extent to which adjusting for measures of the home food environment, and measures of the neighborhood environment accounted for these SES differences.
resultsSmall but significant differences in children’s SHEI by SES strata exist (-1.33 between highest and lowest SES categories, p<0.01). However, incorporating home food environment and neighborhood environment measures in this model eliminates these differences (-0.7, p=0.145). Home food environment explains a greater portion of the difference. Both social (mealtime structure) and physical aspects (food availability) of the home food environment are strongly associated with consumption of healthy and unhealthy foods.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that modifiable parent behaviors at home can improve children’s eating habits and that the neighborhood may impact diet in ways other than through access to healthy food.
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