Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Food insecurity and obesity coexist among children and families. We examined the association between receipt of plant-based family food packages from the Massachusetts General Hospital Revere Food Pantry and change in body mass index (BMI), adjusted for age and sex, among children during the COVID-1...

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Autores principales: Wu, Allison J., Mirsky, Jacob B., Perkins, Meghan E., Luo, Mandy, Ruggiero, Cara F., Lenson, Michael, Burgun, Rachel, Taveras, Elsie M., Fiechtner, Lauren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
Materias:
Research Brief
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10317026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37347779
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.220336
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Sumario:Food insecurity and obesity coexist among children and families. We examined the association between receipt of plant-based family food packages from the Massachusetts General Hospital Revere Food Pantry and change in body mass index (BMI), adjusted for age and sex, among children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among 35 children aged 2 to 18 years who received the packages between January 2021 and February 2022, we observed a change in BMI of −0.04 kg/m(2) (95% CI, −0.08 kg/m(2 )to −0.01 kg/m(2)) for each package received. Our results suggest plant-based food packages might mitigate, and potentially reverse, BMI increase in children in households seeking food assistance.

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