TY  - JOUR
AU  - Wu, Allison J.
AU  - Mirsky, Jacob B.
AU  - Perkins, Meghan E.
AU  - Luo, Mandy
AU  - Ruggiero, Cara F.
AU  - Lenson, Michael
AU  - Burgun, Rachel
AU  - Taveras, Elsie M.
AU  - Fiechtner, Lauren
PY  - 2023
TI  - Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
T2  - Preventing Chronic Disease
JO  - Prev Chronic Dis
SP  - E52
VL  - 20
CY  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
N2  - 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/m2 (95% CI, -0.08 kg/m2 to -0.01 kg/m2) 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.
SN  - 1545-1151
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.220336
DO  - 10.5888/pcd20.220336
ER  -