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
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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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author Wu, Allison J.
Mirsky, Jacob B.
Perkins, Meghan E.
Luo, Mandy
Ruggiero, Cara F.
Lenson, Michael
Burgun, Rachel
Taveras, Elsie M.
Fiechtner, Lauren
author_facet Wu, Allison J.
Mirsky, Jacob B.
Perkins, Meghan E.
Luo, Mandy
Ruggiero, Cara F.
Lenson, Michael
Burgun, Rachel
Taveras, Elsie M.
Fiechtner, Lauren
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description 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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spelling pubmed-103170262023-07-04 Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic Wu, Allison J. Mirsky, Jacob B. Perkins, Meghan E. Luo, Mandy Ruggiero, Cara F. Lenson, Michael Burgun, Rachel Taveras, Elsie M. Fiechtner, Lauren Prev Chronic Dis Research Brief 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10317026/ /pubmed/37347779 http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.220336 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Preventing Chronic Disease is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Wu, Allison J.
Mirsky, Jacob B.
Perkins, Meghan E.
Luo, Mandy
Ruggiero, Cara F.
Lenson, Michael
Burgun, Rachel
Taveras, Elsie M.
Fiechtner, Lauren
Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort plant-based family food packages and weight change in children during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Research Brief
url 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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