Background: Antenatal care may be a means to reduce food insecurity in pregnancy and postpartum periods. Objective: With the use of a cluster-randomized design, we tested whether participation in nutrition-focused antenatal care intending to improve household knowledge about the importance of...
Author(s)
Frongillo, E. A.; Nguyen, P. H.; Sanghvi, T.; Mahmud, Z.; Aktar, B.; Alayon, S.; Purnima Menon
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Nutrition, 2019, 149, 1, pp 159-166
Food insecurity has been associated with decreased household food supplies, which could affect children's fruit and vegetables intakes and increases their risk of being overweight or obese. The aim of this study was to determine if food insecurity was associated with lower fruit and vegetables...
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Murillo-Castillo, K. D.; Frongillo, E. A.; Corella-Madueño, M. A.; Quizán-Plata, T.
Publisher
Routledge, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 2020, 59, 4, pp 420-435
Background: Disruptions from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic potentially exacerbated food insecurity among adults and youth. Objectives: The objective was to examine changes in the prevalence and severity of food insecurity among adults and youth from before (2019) to during (2020) ...
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Pepetone, A.; Frongillo, E. A.; Dodd, K. W.; Wallace, M. P.; Hammond, D.; Kirkpatrick, S. I.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Nutrition, 2023, 153, 4, pp 1231-1243
Multiple recent global nutrition initiatives have recommended actions to transform food systems to improve food environments and food choice. This study aimed to identify actions recommended by these initiatives and understand their similarities and differences. Twelve global nutrition initiatives...
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Reyes, L. I.; Constantinides, S. V.; Bhandari, S.; Frongillo, E. A.; Schreinemachers, P.; Wertheim-Heck, S.; Walls, H.; Holdsworth, M.; Laar, A.; Tuan Nguyen; Turner, C.; Wellard, K.; Blake, C. E.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2021, 31,
Eliminating childhood hunger and supporting households in need of food are US policy priorities, because food insecurity in the US remains elevated postrecession. The objective of this study was to bring a systems science lens to the issue of childhood food security. We used a qualitative systems...
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Fleischer, N. L.; Liese, A. D.; Hammond, R.; Coleman-Jensen, A.; Gundersen, C.; Hirschman, J.; Frongillo, E. A.; Ma XiaoGuang; Mehta, N.; Jones, S. J.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2018, 13, 3, pp 362-384
Objective: To examine associations between household food insecurity and children's physical activity and sedentary behaviours. Design: Secondary analysis was conducted on the Healthy Communities Study, an observational study from 2013 to 2015. Household food insecurity was assessed by two items...
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Navarro, S. M.; Tsai, M. M.; Ritchie, L. D.; Frongillo, E. A.; Laraia, B. A.; Pate, R. R.; Au, L. E.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Citation
Public Health Nutrition, 2022, 25, 2, pp 381-388
Background: Food insecurity and violence are two major public health issues facing U.S. women. The link between food insecurity and violence has received little attention, particularly regarding the temporal ordering of events. The present study used data from the Women's Interagency Human...
Author(s)
Conroy, A. A.; Cohen, M. H.; Frongillo, E. A.; Tsai, A. C.; Wilson, T. E.; Wentz, E. L.; Adimora, A. A.; Merenstein, D.; Ofotokun, I.; Metsch, L.; Kempf, M. C.; Adedimeji, A.; Turan, J. M.; Tien, P. C.; Weiser, S. D.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2019, 14, 3, pp e0213365
Food insecurity among college students has become a public health concern, yet few studies have examined the sample prevalence in a statewide public university system. We determined the sample prevalence of food insecurity and associated factors among students in a large California university...
Author(s)
Martinez, S. M.; Webb, K.; Frongillo, E. A.; Ritchie, L. D.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2018, 13, 1, pp 1-18
Shame experienced with food insecurity and participating in food assistance may affect adolescents. We investigated adolescents' experiences of shame related to food insecurity and situations for these experiences in an ethnically diverse sample of 40 adolescents aged 9-15 years from South Carolina ...
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Frongillo, E. A.; Bernal, J.; Rampalli, K. K.; Massey, E.; Adams, E. J.; Rosemond, T. N.; Blake, C. E.
Publisher
Routledge, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 2022, 61, 1, pp 64-80
Background: Nongovernment food assistance is typically provided to families by faith-based organizations, schools, and food banks. Community organizations appear to be strongly committed to these programs, but little is known about the basis for this commitment. Objectives: The aim of this study...
Author(s)
Fishbein, E. M.; Frongillo, E. A.; Samin, S.; Richards, A. L.; Blake, C. E.; Saunders, R. P.; Shapiro, C. J.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Current Developments in Nutrition, 2023, 7, 10,