Barriers to healthy food access: Associations with household income and cooking behavior

Access to Healthy and Less Healthy Food Options In a Low-Income, Racially Diverse Seattle Neighborhood

Access to Healthy and Less Healthy Food Options In a Low-Income, Racially Diverse Seattle Neighborhood Sara Denise Coulter Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Associate Professor, Donna B. Johnson Department of Health Services There is a need for more place-based research on the food environments of low-income and/or racial minority populations for the purpose of developing policy initiatives a...

Identifying motivations and barriers to minimising household food waste

The amount of food discarded by UK households is substantial and, to a large extent, avoidable. Furthermore, such food waste has serious environmental consequences. If household food waste reduction initiatives are to be successful they will need to be informed by people’s motivations and barriers to minimising household food waste. This paper reports a qualitative study of the thoughts, feelin...

Household income differences in food sources and food items purchased

BACKGROUND The present study examined income-related household food purchases among a sample of 90 households from the community. METHODS Annotated food purchase receipts were collected for a four-week period by the primary household shopper. Receipt food source and foods items were classified into specific categories, and food quantities in ounces were recorded by research staff. For home so...

Overcoming low-income and language barriers to access.

Overweight Nova Scotia children and youth: the roles of household income and adherence to Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating.

OBJECTIVE Poor diet quality has been observed in Nova Scotia children and youth, characterized by low intake from the traditional four food groups and a high intake from the Other Foods category. In this study, we addressed how household income and adherence to Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating influenced weight status category in Nova Scotia children and youth. METHODS During the 2005-06...