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Evaluating a Washington DC Community-based meal-kit service aimed at mitigating dietary disparities: Results from the SouthEats pilot study
BACKGROUND: Vegetable consumption is known to reduce the risk of various chronic health conditions. Yet a small percentage of US adults consume enough vegetables to meet national dietary guidelines. The SouthEats community-led meal–kit service was developed in Washington DC to address known barriers...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37744739 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102382 |
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author | Robinson-Oghogho, Joelle N. Palmer, Anne Davey-Rothwell, Melissa Thorpe Jr., Roland J. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Vegetable consumption is known to reduce the risk of various chronic health conditions. Yet a small percentage of US adults consume enough vegetables to meet national dietary guidelines. The SouthEats community-led meal–kit service was developed in Washington DC to address known barriers to healthy eating and vegetable consumption among middle- and low-income households. METHODS: Using a series of online surveys, we conducted a pilot study to provide preliminary information on the influence of SouthEats on vegetable consumption and factors known to influence vegetable consumption. Wilcoxon matched-pair sign ranked tests were used to examine changes in key outcomes between baseline, midpoint and endpoint surveys. RESULTS: Among SouthEats customers who completed all pilot study surveys (n = 23) there was a significant decrease in the median amount of time spent on meal prep between baseline and midpoint. Between baseline and endpoint, participants also indicated increased feelings that they had enough time to meet their needs including cooking healthfully. Overall vegetable and fruit and vegetable consumption increased between the baseline and midpoint but then decreased between the midpoint and endpoint survey periods. However, there were no statistically significant changes in the outcomes of home eating behaviors, perceptions of neighborhood healthy food access, vegetable self-efficacy, or vegetable consumption. CONCLUSION: Our results provide some preliminary evidence suggesting that the SouthEats meal-kit service could help reduce the amount of time spent on cooking, reduce feelings of time scarcity, and increase vegetable consumption in the short-term. Further research exploring this topic will require a larger study sample. |
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spelling | pubmed-105118042023-09-22 Evaluating a Washington DC Community-based meal-kit service aimed at mitigating dietary disparities: Results from the SouthEats pilot study Robinson-Oghogho, Joelle N. Palmer, Anne Davey-Rothwell, Melissa Thorpe Jr., Roland J. Prev Med Rep Regular Article BACKGROUND: Vegetable consumption is known to reduce the risk of various chronic health conditions. Yet a small percentage of US adults consume enough vegetables to meet national dietary guidelines. The SouthEats community-led meal–kit service was developed in Washington DC to address known barriers to healthy eating and vegetable consumption among middle- and low-income households. METHODS: Using a series of online surveys, we conducted a pilot study to provide preliminary information on the influence of SouthEats on vegetable consumption and factors known to influence vegetable consumption. Wilcoxon matched-pair sign ranked tests were used to examine changes in key outcomes between baseline, midpoint and endpoint surveys. RESULTS: Among SouthEats customers who completed all pilot study surveys (n = 23) there was a significant decrease in the median amount of time spent on meal prep between baseline and midpoint. Between baseline and endpoint, participants also indicated increased feelings that they had enough time to meet their needs including cooking healthfully. Overall vegetable and fruit and vegetable consumption increased between the baseline and midpoint but then decreased between the midpoint and endpoint survey periods. However, there were no statistically significant changes in the outcomes of home eating behaviors, perceptions of neighborhood healthy food access, vegetable self-efficacy, or vegetable consumption. CONCLUSION: Our results provide some preliminary evidence suggesting that the SouthEats meal-kit service could help reduce the amount of time spent on cooking, reduce feelings of time scarcity, and increase vegetable consumption in the short-term. Further research exploring this topic will require a larger study sample. 2023-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10511804/ /pubmed/37744739 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102382 Text en © 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Regular Article Robinson-Oghogho, Joelle N. Palmer, Anne Davey-Rothwell, Melissa Thorpe Jr., Roland J. Evaluating a Washington DC Community-based meal-kit service aimed at mitigating dietary disparities: Results from the SouthEats pilot study |
title | Evaluating a Washington DC Community-based meal-kit service aimed at mitigating dietary disparities: Results from the SouthEats pilot study |
title_full | Evaluating a Washington DC Community-based meal-kit service aimed at mitigating dietary disparities: Results from the SouthEats pilot study |
title_fullStr | Evaluating a Washington DC Community-based meal-kit service aimed at mitigating dietary disparities: Results from the SouthEats pilot study |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating a Washington DC Community-based meal-kit service aimed at mitigating dietary disparities: Results from the SouthEats pilot study |
title_short | Evaluating a Washington DC Community-based meal-kit service aimed at mitigating dietary disparities: Results from the SouthEats pilot study |
title_sort | evaluating a washington dc community-based meal-kit service aimed at mitigating dietary disparities: results from the southeats pilot study |
topic | Regular Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37744739 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102382 |
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