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

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Wu, Allison J. ; Mirsky, Jacob B. ; Perkins, Meghan E. ; Luo, Mandy ; Ruggiero, Cara F. ; Lenson, Michael ; Burgun, Rachel ; Taveras, Elsie M. ; Fiechtner, Lauren
• 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| (95% CI, -0.08 kg/m| to -0.01 kg/m|) 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.
• Subjects:
  Body Mass Index Child COVID-19 Food Assistance Food Supply Humans Obesity Pandemics
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2023; 20
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.220336
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  37347779
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10317026
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K23 HD090222/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K24 HL159680/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Research Brief
• Volume:
  20
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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  urn:sha-512:d8246e9b2571bd94ec50d2708bdf2b973849d638b871c78b1be1916a8ebb52857def2c23ff310887612da1a285338eb4af61df65df61dc9aa62a1ddf561b7068
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