TY - JOUR
T1 - SNAP Participation Moderates Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Minority Families With Low Income
AU - Metoyer, Brittni Naylor
AU - Chuang, Ru Jye
AU - Lee, Min Jae
AU - Markham, Christine
AU - Brown, Eric
AU - Almohamad, Maha
AU - Sharma, Shreela V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - Objective: To examine the moderation effect of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation on the baseline fruit and vegetable (FV) intake of Hispanic/Latino and African American children and parents participating in the Brighter Bites program. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Houston, Austin, and Dallas, TX; Washington, DC; and Southwest Florida. Participants: Self-reported surveys (n = 6,037) of Hispanic/Latino and African American adult-child dyads enrolled in Brighter Bites in Fall 2018. Variables Measured: Dependent variable, child FV intake; Independent variable, parent FV intake, and FV shopping behavior; Effect Measure Modifier, SNAP participation. Analysis: Quantitatively used mixed effects linear regression models to test if the effect of parental baseline FV intake and shopping behavior on a child's baseline FV intake differed by SNAP participation. Analyses were performed using STATA with significance set at P < 0.05 and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: For parents that consumed FV ≥ 2 times/d at baseline, there was a 0.1 times increase in child FV intake at baseline among those who participated in SNAP as compared with those who did not participate in SNAP (ß = 0.1; 95% CI, 0.1–0.2; P = 0.001), and for parents who shopped at convenience stores ≥ 2 times/wk for FV, there was 0.6 times increase in child FV intake at baseline for those who participated in SNAP as compared with those that did not participate in SNAP (ß = 0.6; 95% CI, 0.3–0.9; P < 0.001). Conclusions and Implications: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation moderated the associations between FV intake among African American and Hispanic/Latino parents and children and FV shopping at convenience stores and child FV intake. Findings indicate a need for future interventions to promote SNAP participation among those eligible and improve access to FV.
AB - Objective: To examine the moderation effect of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation on the baseline fruit and vegetable (FV) intake of Hispanic/Latino and African American children and parents participating in the Brighter Bites program. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Houston, Austin, and Dallas, TX; Washington, DC; and Southwest Florida. Participants: Self-reported surveys (n = 6,037) of Hispanic/Latino and African American adult-child dyads enrolled in Brighter Bites in Fall 2018. Variables Measured: Dependent variable, child FV intake; Independent variable, parent FV intake, and FV shopping behavior; Effect Measure Modifier, SNAP participation. Analysis: Quantitatively used mixed effects linear regression models to test if the effect of parental baseline FV intake and shopping behavior on a child's baseline FV intake differed by SNAP participation. Analyses were performed using STATA with significance set at P < 0.05 and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: For parents that consumed FV ≥ 2 times/d at baseline, there was a 0.1 times increase in child FV intake at baseline among those who participated in SNAP as compared with those who did not participate in SNAP (ß = 0.1; 95% CI, 0.1–0.2; P = 0.001), and for parents who shopped at convenience stores ≥ 2 times/wk for FV, there was 0.6 times increase in child FV intake at baseline for those who participated in SNAP as compared with those that did not participate in SNAP (ß = 0.6; 95% CI, 0.3–0.9; P < 0.001). Conclusions and Implications: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation moderated the associations between FV intake among African American and Hispanic/Latino parents and children and FV shopping at convenience stores and child FV intake. Findings indicate a need for future interventions to promote SNAP participation among those eligible and improve access to FV.
KW - fruit and vegetable intake
KW - health promotion
KW - populations with low income
KW - shopping behavior
KW - SNAP
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2023.08.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2023.08.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 37804263
AN - SCOPUS:85173284883
SN - 1499-4046
VL - 55
SP - 774
EP - 785
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
IS - 11
ER -