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Improved Parental Dietary Quality is Associated with Children’s Dietary Intake Through the Home Environment

This study aimed to assess the relative impact of the home food environment on children’s diet after the introduction of a new supermarket in a food desert. This study builds upon a natural experiment to longitudinally examine the food-purchasing behaviors and diets among a randomly selected population of households in two major Pittsburgh food desert More

Keywords: Community setting, Food insecurity, Food outlet, Fruits and vegetables, Grocery store, Healthy food financing, Home, Supermarket, Urban

Date: March 2017

Resource Type: Journal Article

Focus Areas: Diet Quality & Healthy Weight Food Access

Assessing the Relative Impact of Home-Food and Local-Supermarket Environments on Children’s Diets in Low-Resource African American Neighborhoods

This study will take advantage of a unique natural experiment to evaluate the ways in which the home food environment modifies the effects of a new full-service supermarket on children’s diet in a low-resource, urban, African American neighborhood. The study has two specific aims: 1) to determine the effect of the new supermarket on children’s More

Keywords: Community setting, Food outlet, Fruits and vegetables, Home, Neighborhood, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Supermarket, Urban

Date: December 2013

Resource Type: Grant Summary

Focus Areas: Food Access Food Retail