Food Category Purchases Vary by Household Education and Race/Ethnicity: Results from Grocery Receipts

Cullen, Karen Weber; Baranowski, Tom; Watson, Kathy; Nicklas, Theresa A.; Fisher, Jennifer O.; O’Donnell, Sharon; Baranowski, Janice; Islam, Noemi; Missaghian, Mariam

doi:10.1016/j.jada.2007.07.007

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“…This study has the notable strengths of a large consumer panel and detailed data on food purchases, but the data do not include food purchases from sources other than stores (e.g., restaurants) and underrepresent poor consumers. Other research has analyzed receipts data, but, to our knowledge, none have focused on residents of an urban food desert (10, 12) .…”

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Where do food desert residents buy most of their junk food? Supermarkets

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Cohen

Ghosh-Dastidar

et al. 2016

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective To examine where residents in an area with limited access to healthy food (an urban food desert) purchased healthier and less healthy foods. Design Food shopping receipts were collected over a one-week period in 2013. These were analyzed to describe where residents shopped for food and what types of food they bought. Setting Two low-income, predominantly African-American neighborhoods with limited access to healthy food in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Subjects 293 households in which the primary food shoppers were predominantly female (77.8%) and non-Hispanic black (91.1%) adults. Results Full-service supermarkets were by far the most common food retail outlet from which food receipts were returned and accounted for a much larger proportion (57.4%) of food and beverage expenditures, both healthy and unhealthy, than other food retail outlets. Although patronized less frequently, convenience stores were notable purveyors of unhealthy food. Conclusions Findings highlight the need to implement policies that can help to decrease unhealthy food purchases in full-service supermarkets and convenience stores and increase healthy food purchases in convenience stores.

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Where do food desert residents buy most of their junk food? Supermarkets

Vaughan

Cohen

Ghosh-Dastidar

et al. 2016

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“…Electronic sales data have been used in previous NZ research to track *Corresponding author: Email claire.smith@otago.ac.nz r The Authors 2012 changes in expenditure at the household level (9) . Food shopping receipts have also been used in Canada and the USA to give an overview of the food purchasing habits of different socio-economic groups (12)(13)(14) and to estimate expenditure on foods consumed outside the home (12) . No NZ research has focused on the effect of the provision of additional money to households specifically for food.…”

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Providing additional money to food-insecure households and its effect on food expenditure: a randomized controlled trial

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Parnell

Brown

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Objectives: Financial constraint is the underpinning determinant of household food insecurity; however, there has been little research examining the impact that increasing the 'money available' to food-insecure households could have on food purchasing. The main objective of the present study was to examine the effect of additional money (in the form of supermarket vouchers) on food expenditure in food-insecure households with children. Design: A parallel randomized controlled trial with a 4-week baseline phase followed by a 4-week intervention phase. Households were randomized to either receive vouchers (coupons) for 4 weeks or a control group that did not receive any vouchers. Setting: Dunedin, New Zealand. Subjects: Low-income households with children (#18 years) reporting food insecurity (n 214). Conclusions: Providing money via supermarket vouchers to food-insecure households resulted in an increase in overall expenditure on food.

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“…Others have noted differences by race in food store availability and food purchasing behaviors (28, 29). We found that Hispanic households had the smallest decrease in total calories purchased, total calories purchased from foods, and calories purchased from ‘other foods’ between 2000 and 2011.…”

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Are Food and Beverage Purchases in Households with Preschoolers Changing?

Ford

Popkin³

2014

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Background US dietary studies from 2003–2010 show decreases in children’s caloric intake. We examine purchases of consumer-packaged foods/beverages in the US between 2000- and 2011 among households with children ages 2–5y. Objectives Describe changes in consumer-packaged goods purchases between 2000 and 2011 after adjusting for economic indicators, and explore differences by race, education, and household income level. Methods Consumer-packaged goods purchases data were obtained for 42,753 US households with ≥1 child aged 2–5y using the Nielsen Homescan Panel. Top sources of calories purchased were grouped, and random effects regression was used to model the relationship between calories purchased from each food/beverage group and race, female head of household education, and household income. Models adjusted for household composition, market-level unemployment rate, prices, and quarter. Bonferroni correction was used to adjust for multiple comparisons (α=0.05). Results Between 2000 and 2011, adjusted total calories purchased from foods (−182 kcal/d) and beverages (−100 kcal/d) declined significantly. Decreases in purchases of milk (−40 kcal), soft drinks (−27 kcal/d), juice and juice drinks (−24 kcal/d), grain-based desserts (−24 kcal/d), savory snacks (−17 kcal/d), and sweet snacks and candy (−13 kcal/d) were among the major changes observed. There were significant differences by race, female head of household education, and household income for changes in consumer-packaged food and beverage purchases between 2000 and 2011. Conclusions Trends in consumer-packaged goods purchases suggest that solid fats and added sugars are decreasing in the food ply of US preschool children. Yet, pronounced differences by race, education, and household income persist.

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Food Category Purchases Vary by Household Education and Race/Ethnicity: Results from Grocery Receipts

Cited by 62 publications

References 34 publications

Where do food desert residents buy most of their junk food? Supermarkets

Where do food desert residents buy most of their junk food? Supermarkets

Providing additional money to food-insecure households and its effect on food expenditure: a randomized controlled trial

Are Food and Beverage Purchases in Households with Preschoolers Changing?

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