Fresh fruit and vegetable purchases in an urban supermarket by low-income households.

Auteur(s) :
Phipps EJ., Braitman LE., Stites SD., Wallace SL.
Date :
Oct, 2012
Source(s) :
J NUTR EDUC BEHAV. # p
Adresse :
Center for Urban Health Policy and Research, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA.

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OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the predictors of fresh fruit and vegetable purchases in a low-income population and identify subgroups in which interventions to increase such purchases might prove useful.

METHODS:
Retrospective analysis of 209 shopping transactions from 30 households. Individual and household characteristics obtained from primary shopper. Data collected covered April 1-June 30, 2010. Primary outcome was number of servings of fresh produce purchased per week. Bivariate and multivariable analyses were conducted.

RESULTS:
Controlling for household size, the average number of servings of fresh produce per week was higher in families with more children (P = .008) and in families with a wider age range of children (P = .04).

CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS:
Households with more children purchased more fresh produce. Purchase data combined with shopper household characteristics helped to distinguish relatively high from low purchasers of fresh produce among low-income families.

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