Healthy Mondays or Sundays? Weekday Preferences for Healthy Eating and Cooking among a Food Insecure Population in a U.S. Urban Environment. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ali, Shahmir H.; Gu, Yuxuan; Yan, Sally; Craig, Hope C.; Adams, Lindsay; Poirier, Lisa; Park, Reuben; Gunen, Bengucan; Gittelsohn, Joel
• Is Part Of: Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition. Volume 17:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 14
• Page End: 31
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: Healthy diet -- food -- cooking -- choice behavior -- eating -- food pantry -- food insecurity; Nutrition -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Hunger -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Food supply -- Periodicals; 613.2
• DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2020.1804032
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1932-0248

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Food insecure populations are in need of targeted nutritional interventions and understanding their food behaviors can inform effective weekday-based health campaigns. We examine weekday preference in healthy eating, cooking, and cooking with children among food pantry clients in Baltimore City. A cross-sectional survey of 74 food pantry clients was conducted on weekday-based preferences of these behaviors. Compared to Monday, clients were more likely to eat healthy on Friday ( p = .04), Thursday ( p = .04), and Saturday ( p = .002), and more likely to cook on Sunday ( p = .002). Future interventions should consider weekday preferences in nutrition campaigns (nutrition knowledge, food skills) among food insecure populations.