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Food insecurity is inversely associated with perceived diet quality and vegetable intake among impoverished women from rural Appalachian Ohio
Author(s) -
Hazen Crystal L,
Holben David H,
Holcomb John P,
Struble Celia J
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.680.8
Subject(s) - food insecurity , food security , medicine , environmental health , calorie , demography , intervention (counseling) , test (biology) , nutrition education , gerontology , geography , agriculture , biology , paleontology , endocrinology , psychiatry , sociology , archaeology
The effect of produce delivery on food security (FS) and produce intake/behaviors of food stamp‐eligible, rural Appalachian OH women with at least 1 child <18 years were examined using a pre/post pilot study. Intervention group [n=30, 90.0% retention rate (RR)] received $60 of home‐delivered produce for 4weeks, and control group (n=31, 93.9% RR) received $60 food/fuel gift cards. Groups (35+/‐9 years, 4+/‐2 household members, $913+/‐728 monthly income) did not differ (t‐test, P>0.05) at baseline. After 4 weeks, both household (t‐test, p=0.028) and adult (t‐test, p‐0.020) FS decreased among produce group. Child FS and produce intake/behaviors (perceived benefit of, barriers to, and control of produce access; amount of produce eaten; readiness to change produce intake) did not change (p>0.05). At completion (n=61), adult FS was associated with both greater vegetable intake (r=0.253, p=0.049) and perceived diet quality (rho=0.276, p=0.032). The short duration of the study, small sample size, and lack of nutrition education may have contributed to both the decrease in FS and poor diet. Future studies should incorporate ongoing nutrition education during a study of a longer time period. Grant Funding Source : Ohio University Research Challenge Award, Ohio University Diabetes Research Initiative