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ADOLESCENTS PURCHASING FOOD AWAY FROM HOME
Author(s) -
Racine Elizabeth F,
Mueffelmann Rebecca
Publication year - 2013
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.27.1_supplement.354.6
Subject(s) - purchasing , environmental health , overweight , panel study of income dynamics , medicine , logistic regression , food stamp program , gerontology , psychology , obesity , business , food stamps , marketing , economics , welfare , demographic economics , market economy
Background Adolescents often have their own money. Spending on food away from home may influence their health status. Objective To examine factors associated with purchasing food away from home among adolescents Design Cross‐sectional analyses using 2007 Panel Survey of Income Dynamics, Child Development Study data (n=1,181). Adjusted logistic regression was used. Results In general older age, higher levels of parental education, and drinking more juice and less milk were associated with purchasing food away from home. Among younger adolescents (12–16 yrs) being Black and having a history of food insecurity were associated with purchasing food away from home; while living in the inner city, being lower income, participating in the Food Stamp Program, being overweight/obese, and eating more fruit were associated with not purchasing food away from home. Among older adolescents (16–19 yrs) being middle income (vs. high income), being overweight/obese, and having better health status were associated with purchasing food away from home; while being Hispanic, having a history of food insecurity, drinking more milk, and usually eating a hot lunch at school were associated with not purchasing food away from home. Conclusions Targeting nutrition education to adolescents with greater likelihood to purchase food away from home may be useful. This analysis was not funded.