ArticlePublic health nutrition2016
Food insecurity, overweight and obesity among low-income African-American families in Baltimore City: associations with food-related perceptions.
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B'More Healthy: Communities for Kids (BHCK)
Who cites it
44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Urban poverty and nutrition challenges associated with accessibility to a healthy diet: a global systematic literature review.International journal for equity in health · 2021Pooled it
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- Extreme Preterm Infant Rates of Overweight and Obesity at School Age in the SUPPORT Neuroimaging and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Cohort.The Journal of pediatrics · 2018Trial
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- Development and Implementation: B'More Healthy Communities for Kid's Store and Wholesaler Intervention.Health promotion practice · 2017Trial
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- Food insecurity and body dissatisfaction in a sample of Canadian adults.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- The intersection of food insecurity and child health: Implications for policy and practice in the Bronx.PloS one · 2025Article
- Influence of health food literacy on willingness to pay for healthier foods: focus on food insecurity.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic Associations on Mental and Physical Health in African Americans Participating in a Behavioral Intervention.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review of Household Factors Contributing to Dietary Quality and Food Security in Low-Income Households with School-Age Children in the United States.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Article
- Association of the DNA Methylation of Obesity-Related Genes with the Dietary Nutrient Intake in Children.Nutrients · 2023Article
- An Analysis of Socioeconomic Determinants of the Black-White Disparity in Food Insecurity Rates in the US.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Health literacy and eating disorder pathology in women with food insecurity: A preliminary cross-sectional study.Eating behaviors · 2023Article
- A Call to Reconceptualize Obesity Treatment in Service of Health Equity: Review of Evidence and Future Directions.Current obesity reports · 2023Review
- A Study on the Relationship between Food Security and the Number of Remaining Teeth in Korean Adults: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VII), 2016-2018.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A mixed-method systematic review and meta-analysis of the influences of food environments and food insecurity on obesity in high-income countries.Food science & nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine associations between food insecurity, excess body weight, psychosocial factors and food behaviours among low-income African-American families.
designCross-sectional survey of participants in the baseline evaluation of the B'More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) obesity prevention trial. We collected data on socio-economic factors, food source destinations, acquiring food, preparation methods, psychosocial factors, beliefs and attitudes, participation in food assistance programmes, anthropometry and food security. We used principal component analysis to identify patterns of food source destinations and logistic regression to examine associations.
settingFourteen low-income, predominantly African-American neighbourhoods in Baltimore City, MD, USA. SUBJECTS: Two hundred and ninety-eight adult caregiver-child (10-14 years old) dyads.
resultsOf households, 41·6 % had some level of food insecurity and 12·4 % experienced some level of hunger. Food-insecure participants with hunger were significantly more likely to be unemployed and to have lower incomes. We found high rates of excess body weight (overweight and obesity) among adults and children (82·8 % and 37·9 % among food insecure without hunger, 89·2 % and 45·9 % among food insecure with hunger, respectively), although there were no significant differences by food security status. Food source usage patterns, food acquisition, preparation, knowledge, self-efficacy and intentions did not differ by food security. Food security was associated with perceptions that healthy foods are affordable and convenient. Greater caregiver body satisfaction was associated with food insecurity and excess body weight.
conclusionsIn this setting, obesity and food insecurity are major problems. For many food-insecure families, perceptions of healthy foods may serve as additional barriers to their purchase and consumption.
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