Low-income workers’ perceptions of wages, food acquisition, and well-being

Beck, Lindsay; Quinn, Emilee; Hill, Heather D.; Wolf, Jessica; Buszkiewicz, James; Otten, Jennifer J.

doi:10.1093/tbm/ibz113

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“…Additionally, as highlighted by Beck and colleagues, time constraints, that are mainly experienced by women working in low-wage jobs due to lack of flexibility in work schedules, are a significant risk factor for food poverty (i.e. limited access to enough and nutritious food for an active healthy life) [ 85 , 86 ]. Therefore, it is imperative that future research aiming to improve food decisions among disadvantaged families consider lack of time as a barrier and seek ways to accommodate this in interventions, including flexibility with timing of interventions to account for parents’ schedules.…”

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Parental perceptions of the food environment and their influence on food decisions among low-income families: a rapid review of qualitative evidence

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Background The food environment within and surrounding homes influences family dietary habits with socio-economic areas at a nutritional disadvantage. Families’ perception of the food environment and how it influences their food decisions is less clear. This rapid review aimed to synthesise qualitative evidence of parental perspectives of the food environment and their influence on food decisions among disadvantaged families. Method Qualitative and mixed-methods peer-reviewed journal articles published after 2000, that explored the perspectives of low-income parents in relation to their food environment and how this impacted food decisions for families with children aged 2-17 years, were included in this review. Embase, Scopus and PsycINFO were the databases chosen for this review. Search strategies included seven concepts related to family, food, perceptions, influences, environment, socio-economic status and study type. Two independent reviewers screened sixty-four studies. Thematic synthesis was employed. Results Two thousand one hundred and forty five results were identified through database searching and 1,650 were screened. Fourteen articles that originated from the US, Australia and the UK were included in this review. No articles were excluded following quality appraisal. Child preferences, financial and time constraints, and location and access to food outlets were barriers to accessing healthy food. Parental nutrition education and feeding approaches varied but positive outcomes from interventions to address these behaviours will be short-lived if inequities in health caused by poverty and access to affordable and healthy food are not addressed. The reliance on social support from families or government sources played an important role for families but are likely to be short-term solutions to health and nutritional inequities. Conclusions This qualitative evidence synthesis provides an insight into the perceptions of low-income parents on the factors influencing food decisions. Findings have implications for public health and the development of effective strategies to improve the dietary habits of children of disadvantaged families. Sustainable changes to dietary habits for families on low-income requires policy responses to low income, food access and to the high cost of healthy foods.

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Parental perceptions of the food environment and their influence on food decisions among low-income families: a rapid review of qualitative evidence

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“…Besides, higher-income participants might be having access to food items with better nutritional qualities than lower-income participants, which in turn might lead to different patterns of the food group qualities even among participants with similar adherence scores and similar dietary patterns, due to their different income and access to good quality food. Beck et al33 observed that low-income participants dealt with a conflicting scenario: even though they would like to purchase higher quality foods, they often faced limiting trade-offs that prevented them from adjusting their food spending patterns. Likewise, the greater adherence to the MIND diet and greater consumption rates of many of its components among high-income participants was likely due, at least in part, to the costs of the diet components.…”

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confidence: 99%

Association Between Adherence to the MIND Diet and Cognitive Performance is Affected by Income

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Background:The relationship between the Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet and cognition has not been widely investigated in low-to middle-income countries. We investigated the relationship between MIND diet and cognition in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) baseline data.Methods: We included 11,788 participants. MIND diet adherence was based on the intake of 15 components according to a food frequency questionnaire. We analyzed the association between MIND diet adherence and global cognition, memory, and executive function using adjusted linear regression. We examined the interaction between income and MIND diet adherence on cognition and presented income stratified analyses.Results: MIND diet adherence was not associated with cognition in the whole sample. Income was an effect modifier of MIND adherence on global cognition (P = 0.03) and executive function (P < 0.001). For participants with high income, greater adherence was associated with better executive function [β = 0.015, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.002; 0.028, P = 0.025]; while for participants with low income, greater adherence was associated with lower global cognition (β = −0.020, 95% CI = −0.036; −0.005, P = 0.010) and executive function (β = −0.023, 95% CI = −0.039; −0.007, P = 0.004). Adherence to the MIND diet was higher among participants with high income (P < 0.001). Conclusion:For high-income participants, greater adherence was associated with better cognitive performance; for low-income participants, greater adherence was associated with lower cognitive performance.

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“…Much of the research on food acquisition has focused on the resourceful strategies low-income households use Fig. 1 Modified model of Campbell's framework for US household food security (3,4) to purchase foods (e.g. couponing and bulk purchases) and the contributions of federal food assistance to each household's food supply (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11) .…”

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“…couponing and bulk purchases) and the contributions of federal food assistance to each household's food supply (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11) . In determining whether alternative food acquisition ameliorates food insecurity, previous studies have utilised convenience samples from individuals already using at least one type of federal or community food assistance (4,12,(15)(16)(17)24,(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34) . To build on these results, we used data from the FoodAPS to characterise the use of alternative food sources in a nationally representative sample of low-income US households.…”

Section: Household Food Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Food security and alternative food acquisition among US low-income households: results from the National Food Acquisition and Purchasing Survey (FoodAPS)

Crespo-Bellido

Grutzmacher

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2020

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To determine the characteristics of US low-income households that use alternative food acquisition strategies and to examine the association between food security and alternative food acquisition. Design: Cross-sectional analysis. The ten-item Adult Food Security Survey Module was used to determine food security status. Self-reported data were used to determine food acquisition from community food sources, social networks and household food production. Setting: The National Food Acquisition and Purchasing Survey (FoodAPS), 2012. Participants: The sample consisted of 2534 low-income households (≤185 % of the federal poverty line) in the USA. Results: Households using alternative food acquisition strategies were more likely to have a primary respondent who was non-Hispanic White, born in the USA, and female, and more likely to live in a rural area, have higher income and own a home than households not using alternative acquisition strategies. Very low food security was positively associated with the use of community food sources (aOR = 2·26 (95 % CI 1·15, 4·46)). There was no association between food security and food acquisition from social networks or household food production. Conclusions: Use of alternative food acquisition strategies varied by specific demographic characteristics among low-income households, suggesting opportunities for outreach and promotion of alternative acquisition strategies in specific subpopulations in the USA. Future research should examine whether quantity and quality of food received from these sources are associated with food security.

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Low-income workers’ perceptions of wages, food acquisition, and well-being

Cited by 10 publications

References 31 publications

Parental perceptions of the food environment and their influence on food decisions among low-income families: a rapid review of qualitative evidence

Parental perceptions of the food environment and their influence on food decisions among low-income families: a rapid review of qualitative evidence

Association Between Adherence to the MIND Diet and Cognitive Performance is Affected by Income

Food security and alternative food acquisition among US low-income households: results from the National Food Acquisition and Purchasing Survey (FoodAPS)

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