ArticleNutrients2021
Acceptability and Willingness to Pay for a Meal Kit Program for African American Families with Low Income: A Pilot Study.
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- Satisfaction with a meal kit delivery program and feasibility of a phase I trial in the intervening in food insecurity to reduce and mitigate (InFoRM) childhood obesity study.Pediatric obesity · 2024Trial
- Exploring Eating Patterns and Cooking Habits Among Emerging Adult College Students to Inform a Pilot Meal Kit Program.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
- Exploring sociodemographic and nutrition-related correlates of meal-kit use across five countries: findings from the International Food Policy Study.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Caregiver and Pediatrician Perspectives on a Meal Kit Delivery Program for Children With Food Insecurity and Obesity: A Qualitative Analysis.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025Article
- Treating Childhood Obesity: Building and Evaluating Evidence-Based Models of Integrated Care.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2025Review
- New Dietary Trends-Meal Kit Delivery Services as a Source of Nutrients: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Home-delivered meal boxes in a family setting: a qualitative study investigating reasons for use and perceived impact on meal practices.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Ours to eat and own: assessing the feasibility of a cooperative meal-kit service to improve food access.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- A high quality Aotearoa New Zealand dietary pattern adapting a Mediterranean diet for metabolic health: a feasibility study.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- Mapping the behaviour change potential of meal kits to positively influence parental food literacy.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- The family meal, a ritual frozen in time; an Australian grounded theory study.Health promotion international · 2023Article
- Low-Income Families' Direct Participation in Food-Systems Innovation to Promote Healthy Food Behaviors.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Dietary Behaviors among New Users of Meal-Kit Services during the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Digital Food Retail: Public Health Opportunities.Nutrients · 2021Review
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Abstract
Food insecurity is a persistent issue among individuals with low income and is associated with various nutrition- and health-related consequences. Creative approaches to increasing food access should be investigated as possible solutions. Meal kits, which are boxes or bags of fresh and shelf-stable ingredients for one or more meals, along with a step-by-step recipe showing how to cook each meal at home, may serve as a creative solution. Meal kits have historically been marketed to higher-income demographics. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the utilization, acceptability, and willingness to pay for a healthy meal kit program among African American main food preparers with children and low income (n = 36). Participants received a healthy meal kit with three recipes and ingredients, a cooking incentive, and a nutrition handout weekly for six weeks. Data were collected on participants' use, acceptability, and willingness to pay for the meal kits and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The intervention was highly utilized, and participants reported high acceptability ratings for most recipes. After the intervention, participants were willing to pay $88.61 ± 47.47 for a meal kit with three meals, each with four portions, which was higher than indicated at baseline and similar to the cost to produce the kits. Meal kits may offer a creative solution to improving food access if affordable for families with low income.
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