Food insecurity, overweight and obesity among low-income African-American families in Baltimore City: associations with food-related perceptions

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 1405 - 1416
• Main Authors: Vedovato, Gabriela M, Surkan, Pamela J, Jones-Smith, Jessica, Steeves, Elizabeth Anderson, Han, Eunkyung, Trude, Angela CB, Kharmats, Anna Y, Gittelsohn, Joel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.06.2016
• Subjects: Adult; adults; African Americans; anthropometric measurements; attitudes and opinions; Baltimore - epidemiology; Behavioural nutrition; Black or African American; Body weight; children; Convenience stores; Cross-Sectional Studies; data collection; Economic factors; Family Characteristics; Feeding Behavior - psychology; Female; Food security; Food Supply; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; healthy diet; Households; Humans; Hunger; Income; Indigent care; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - ethnology; Overweight - ethnology; Poverty; principal component analysis; Principal components analysis; regression analysis; Research Papers; self-efficacy; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomics; surveys; United States; United States > US; Baltimore Maryland; USA; ANW, USA, Maryland, Baltimore; Obesity; Perceptions; Food insecurity; Behavioural intentions; African American

To examine associations between food insecurity, excess body weight, psychosocial factors and food behaviours among low-income African-American families. Cross-sectional survey of participants in the baseline evaluation of the B'More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) obesity prevention trial....