Disparities in Access to Healthy Diets: How Food Security and Food Shopping Behaviors Relate to Fruit and Vegetable Intake

• Published in: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Vol. 120; no. 11; pp. 1847 - 1858
• Main Authors: Drisdelle, Caroline, Kestens, Yan, Hamelin, Anne-Marie, Mercille, Geneviève
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Adult; adults; Canada; Commerce; consumer behavior; Consumer Behavior - statistics & numerical data; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diet Surveys; Diet, Healthy - psychology; Diet, Healthy - statistics & numerical data; Eating - psychology; Feeding Behavior - psychology; Female; Food access; Food purchases; food purchasing; Food security; Food Security - statistics & numerical data; Fruit - supply & distribution; fruits; Fruits and vegetables; gardening; Health disparities; Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data; Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data; healthy diet; households; Humans; interviews; Linear Models; low-income neighborhoods; Male; Poverty - psychology; Quebec; Residence Characteristics; roads; sociodemographic characteristics; supermarkets; telephones; vegetable consumption; vegetables; Vegetables - supply & distribution; Quebec; Canada; Fruits and vegetables; Food security; Food purchases; Food access; Health disparities

Food shopping behaviors may help determine how local food environments influence fruit and vegetable (F/V) intake, especially among food insecure households. To examine whether household food security, food access, and food shopping behaviors are associated with F/V intake among residents of a low-i...