ArticlePublic health nutrition2021
Food security and alternative food acquisition among US low-income households: results from the National Food Acquisition and Purchasing Survey (FoodAPS).
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- Does Home and Wild Food Procurement Enhance Food Security in High-Income Countries?Current environmental health reports · 2025Review
- What do you want to eat? Cuisine and nutrition intervention preferences among people using a large food pantry in Texas.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Impact of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit Reduction or Loss on Food-at-Home Acquisitions and Community Food Program Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the characteristics of US low-income households that use alternative food acquisition strategies and to examine the association between food security and alternative food acquisition.
designCross-sectional analysis. The ten-item Adult Food Security Survey Module was used to determine food security status. Self-reported data were used to determine food acquisition from community food sources, social networks and household food production.
settingThe National Food Acquisition and Purchasing Survey (FoodAPS), 2012.
participantsThe sample consisted of 2534 low-income households (≤185 % of the federal poverty line) in the USA.
resultsHouseholds using alternative food acquisition strategies were more likely to have a primary respondent who was non-Hispanic White, born in the USA, and female, and more likely to live in a rural area, have higher income and own a home than households not using alternative acquisition strategies. Very low food security was positively associated with the use of community food sources (aOR = 2·26 (95 % CI 1·15, 4·46)). There was no association between food security and food acquisition from social networks or household food production.
conclusionsUse of alternative food acquisition strategies varied by specific demographic characteristics among low-income households, suggesting opportunities for outreach and promotion of alternative acquisition strategies in specific subpopulations in the USA. Future research should examine whether quantity and quality of food received from these sources are associated with food security.
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