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Emerging adults’ intersecting experiences of food insecurity, unsafe neighbourhoods and discrimination during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak
- Source :
- Public Health Nutrition
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Abstract
- Objective:To examine how food insecurity is related to emerging adults’ food behaviours and experiences of neighbourhood safety and discrimination and to identify resources needed to support their health during the COVID-19 outbreak.Design:Rapid response online survey. Participants completed the six-item US Household Food Security Survey Module, a brief measure of food insufficiency, and measures of food behaviours, neighbourhood safety and discrimination. Open-ended questions were used to assess changes in eating behaviours during COVID-19 and needed resources.Setting:C-EAT (COVID-19 Eating and Activity over Time) study invitations were sent by email and text message to a longitudinal cohort.Participants:A total of 218 emerging adults (mean age = 24·6 (sd 2·0) years, 70·2 % female) completed a survey in April–May 2020 during a stay-at-home order in Minnesota.Results:The past year prevalence of food insecurity was 28·4 %. Among food-insecure respondents, 41·0 % reported both eating less and experiencing hunger due to lack of money in the past month. Food-insecure respondents were less likely than those who were food secure to have fruits/vegetables at home and more likely to have frequent fast-food restaurant meals, feel unsafe in their neighbourhood and experience discrimination during the stay-at-home order. Food-insecure adults reported changes including eating more food prepared at home, eating more take-out restaurant meals and purchasing more energy-dense snacks as a result of events related to COVID-19. Resources most needed to support their health included eligibility for more food assistance and relief funds.Conclusions:Food-insecure emerging adults experience many barriers to maintaining healthful eating patterns during COVID-19.
- Subjects :
- Emerging adult
Adult
Male
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Home food availability
Minnesota
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Text message
Disease Outbreaks
Food Supply
Young Adult
Residence Characteristics
Environmental health
Surveys and Questionnaires
Discrimination
Vegetables
Prevalence
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Eating behaviour
Neighbourhood (mathematics)
Food security
Nutrition and Dietetics
Food insecurity
SARS-CoV-2
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Outbreak
COVID-19
Neighbourhood safety
Feeding Behavior
Social Discrimination
Purchasing
Socioeconomic Factors
Fruit
Fast Foods
Female
Safety
Psychology
Research Paper
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14752727 and 13689800
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Public Health Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2926edf43fd8353fc30ca5ddc6a7f0f2