Factors Associated with Home Meal Preparation and Fast-Food Sources Use among Low-Income Urban African American Adults

Bibliographic Data

ID14722933
AuthorsMagda Teresa Garcia (0000-0001-5124-8936, Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author), Priscila De Morais Sato (0000-0001-9850-6859, Universidade de São Paulo), Angela C B Trude (0000-0002-2881-1089, Global Obesity Prevention Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), Thomas Eckmann (Global Obesity Prevention Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), Elizabeth Anderson Steeves (0000-0001-9381-0245, University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Elizabeth T Anderson Steeves (University of Tennessee at Knoxville), Kristen M Hurley (0000-0001-8339-1681, Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), Cláudia Maria Bógus (0000-0003-0925-2741, Universidade de São Paulo), J Gittelsohn (0000-0003-2761-3280, Global Obesity Prevention Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Year2018
Volume57
Issue1
Pages13-31
Publication date2018-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEcology of Food and Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0367-0244 • E-ISSN: 1543-5237
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03670244.2017.1406853
PMID29227695
OpenAlexW2772348134
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited49

This study aimed to assess the factors associated with home meal preparation (HMP) and fast-food sources use (FFS) frequencies of low-income African-American adults and their healthy food beliefs and attitudes, food-related psychosocial factors, food acquisition patterns, food sources use, and BMI. We used cross-sectional data from 295 adults living in Baltimore, USA. HMP was inversely associated with FFS, which had lower odds of HMP ≥1 time/day and higher BMI scores. HMP was positively associated with positive beliefs and self-efficacy toward healthy foods, getting food from healthier food sources, and lower FFS. Higher odds of HMP ≥1 time/day were associated with getting food from farmers' market and supermarkets or grocery stores. FFS had an inverse association with positive beliefs and self-efficacy toward healthy foods, and a positive association with less healthy food acquisition scores. Higher odds of FFS ≥1 time/week were associated with getting food from corner stores, sit-down restaurants, and convenience stores

Biology · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Meal · Meal preparation · Odds · Odds ratio · Psychosocial · Demography · Medicine · Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Food Science · Gerontology

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