The Geography of Poverty and Nutrition: Food Deserts and Food Choices Across the United States

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hunt mname Allcott ◽  
Rebecca mname Diamond ◽  
Jean-Pierre mname Dubb
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
The United States

Eating behaviors in sailors of the United States Navy: Meal-to-sleep intervals

2020 ◽  
pp. 026010602096087
Author(s):  
Nita Lewis Shattuck ◽  
Panagiotis Matsangas
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Navy ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Dietary Behaviors ◽  
Sleep Disruption ◽  
Interval Duration ◽  
Field Assessment

Background: Due to their long workdays and erratic watch schedules, sailors on United States Navy (USN) ships often eat meals close to their bedtime, which may contribute to sleep disruption. Aim: To assess the duration of meal-to-sleep (M-S) intervals in relation to timing of sailor workdays and watch schedules. Methods: Longitudinal field assessment of USN sailors performing their underway duties ( N = 234). Participants completed questionnaires, wore actigraphs, and completed activity logs. Results: Approximately 35% of M-S intervals were <3 h in duration. M-S interval duration was associated with watchstanding status ( p < 0.001) and the number of sections in the watchstanding schedule ( p < 0.001). Sailors on the two-section watch schedule had, on average, the shortest M-S intervals (55 min) compared to sailors on three- or four-section watchbills (∼4 h) and to non-watchstanders (4.85 h). Conclusion: Sailors on two-section watchbills often eat quite close to bedtime. To provide appropriate recommendations regarding healthy dietary patterns, we will continue assessing dietary behaviors and food choices of sailors while underway, especially as they relate to sailor work hours, circadian rhythms, and sleep practices.

scholarly journals Food Swamps Predict Obesity Rates Better Than Food Deserts in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Cooksey-Stowers ◽  
Marlene Schwartz ◽  
Kelly Brownell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
The United States ◽  
Better Than

scholarly journals Multiclinic Observations on the Simplified Diet in PKU

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Bernstein ◽  
Casey Burns ◽  
Melissa Sailer-Hammons ◽  
Angela Kurtz ◽  
Frances Rohr
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Inborn Error ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Inborn Error Of Metabolism ◽  
Neurocognitive Deficits ◽  
Restricted Diet ◽  
Blood Concentrations ◽  
Alternative Approach

Phenylketonuria is an inborn error of metabolism that historically has been treated with a strict phenylalanine-restricted diet where all foods are weighed and measured. This is cumbersome and difficult for patients and caregivers, especially patients with high phenylalanine blood concentrations who often have neurocognitive deficits. The Simplified Diet is an alternative approach that allows for increased flexibility, promotes healthy food choices, and is easier to manage than a traditional diet for PKU. This paper describes the implementation of the Simplified Diet and outlines education, counseling strategies, and challenges encountered by three metabolic clinics in the United States.

Disparities and access to healthy food in the United States: A review of food deserts literature

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 876-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee E. Walker ◽  
Christopher R. Keane ◽  
Jessica G. Burke
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
The United States ◽  
Healthy Food

scholarly journals Improving Healthy Food Choices in Low-Income Settings in the United States Using Behavioral Economic-Based Adaptations to Choice Architecture

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Anderson ◽  
Ruobin Wei ◽  
Binkai Liu ◽  
Rachel Plummer ◽  
Heather Kelahan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Choice Architecture ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Food Pantries ◽  
Dietary Choices

Low diet quality is a significant public health problem in the United States, especially among low-income populations. The food environment influences dietary choices. When applied to eating behavior, behavioral economics (BE) recognizes that decision biases instigated by a food environment saturated with unhealthy foods may lead people to purchase such foods, even when they possess the necessary information and skills to make healthy dietary choices. Choice architecture, a BE concept that involves modifying the appeal or availability of choices to “nudge” people toward a certain choice, retains freedom of choice but makes unhealthy options less convenient or visible. Choice architecture has been demonstrated to influence food choices in various settings, including supermarkets, convenience stores, and food pantries. These modifications are low-cost and feasible to implement, making them a viable strategy to help “nudge” patrons toward healthier choices in food establishments serving low-income populations, including food pantries and retailers accepting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This narrative review searched, appraised, and underscored the strengths and limitations of extant research studies that used choice architecture adaptations to influence food choices among low-income populations in the United States. Findings from studies in food pantry settings suggest the potential of BE strategies to improve the healthfulness of food choices and dietary intake in low-income populations. In food retail settings, research suggests that BE strategies increase sales of healthy foods, like fruits and vegetables. We identify new areas of research needed to determine if BE-based modifications in low-income settings have sustained impacts on diet quality.

Better Possible Self or Better Other? Gender Affects Who is More Inspirational

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-203
Author(s):  
Youngjee Han ◽  
Myungwoo Nam
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Comparison Standard ◽  
Self Construal

We proposed that women would be more likely to be motivated to become a better person by comparing themselves to a better other whereas men would be more likely to be inspired by comparison to a better possible self. In Study 1, conducted with 150 participants in the United States, the results demonstrated that female participants who were asked to think about another person who was physically fit were more likely to make healthy food choices when grocery shopping than were those who were asked to think about themselves as someone who was physically fit. Conversely, male participants were more likely to choose healthy food options when shopping after they had been asked to think about a better possible self rather than a better other. In Study 2, conducted with 172 participants in South Korea, we replicated the findings from Study 1 in relation to the goal of speaking fluent English. Our findings suggest that when there is a fit between self-construal orientation and type of comparison standard, individuals are more likely to be motivated to pursue their goals.

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