TABLE 2.
Themes identified among 44 studies addressing household factors of dietary quality and food security in US households of school-aged children from PubMed, years 2012 to December 2022.
| Study Title | Parental Behaviors | Adolescent /Child Behaviors | Food Procurement Behaviors | Food Preparation Behaviors | Household Environment Factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associations between parent and child physical activity and eating behaviors in a diverse sample: an ecological momentary assessment study | X | ||||
| Barriers and facilitators to healthy eating among low-income Latino adolescents | X | X | |||
| Barriers to preparing and cooking vegetables are associated with decreased home availability of vegetables in low-income households | X | X | |||
| Caregiver feeding practices as predictors for child dietary intake in low-income, Appalachian communities | X | X | |||
| Characteristics of youth food preparation in low-income, African-American homes: associations with healthy eating index scores | X | ||||
| Describing independent eating occasions among low-income adolescents | X | X | |||
| Determinants of fruit and vegetable intake in low-income children and adolescents | X | X | |||
| Determinants of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among low-income children: arethere differences by race/ethnicity, age, and sex? | X | X | |||
| Diet and physical activity changes among low-income families: perspectives of mothers and their children | X | ||||
| Disrupted relationships, chaos, and altered family meals in food-insecure households: experiences of caregivers and children | X | X | |||
| Eating breakfast together as a family: mealtime experiences and associations with dietary intake among adolescents in rural Minnesota, USA | X | X | X | X | |
| Eat this, not that! Parental demographic correlates of food-related parenting practices | X | ||||
| Eating- and weight-related parenting of adolescents in the context of food insecurity | X | ||||
| Examining factors related to the food insecurity-obesity paradox in low-income mothers and fathers | X | ||||
| Family chaos and lack of mealtime planning is associated with food insecurity in low-income households | X | X | |||
| Family function and eating behaviors among Hispanic/Latino youth: results from the Hispanic Community Children's Health Study/Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth) | X | X | |||
| Food and financial coping strategies during the monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program cycle | X | X | |||
| Food insecurity, overweight and obesity among low-income African-American families in Baltimore City: associations with food-related perceptions | X | X | |||
| Food parenting practices that influence early adolescents’ food choices during independent eating occasions | X | ||||
| Food parenting practices in rural poverty context | X | ||||
| Food preparation supplies predict children's family meal and home-prepared dinner consumption in low-income households | X | X | |||
| Friends and family: How African-American adolescents’ perceptions of dietary beliefs and behaviors of others relate to diet quality | X | X | |||
| Home food environment factors associated with the presence of fruit and vegetables at dinner: a direct observational study | X | X | |||
| Household, psychosocial, and individual-level factors associated with fruit, vegetable, and fiber intake among low-income urban African-American youth | X | ||||
| How parents describe picky eating and its impact on family meals: a qualitative analysis | X | ||||
| “I try, I do”: Child feeding practices of motivated, low-income parents reflect trade-offs between psychosocial- and nutrition-oriented goals | X | X | |||
| Factors related to poor diet quality in food-insecure populations | X | X | X | ||
| Is healthy eating too expensive?: How low-income parents evaluate the cost of food | X | ||||
| Kitchen adequacy and child diet quality in a racially/ethnically diverse sample | X | ||||
| Low-income mothers’ feeding goals predict observed home mealtime and child feeding practices | X | ||||
| Parenting styles are associated with overall child dietary quality within low-income and food-insecure households | X | ||||
| Parents as role models: associations between parent and young children's weight, dietary intake, and physical activity in a minority sample | X | ||||
| Perceived produce availability and child fruit and vegetable intake: the Healthy Communities Study | X | ||||
| Psychosocial determinants of food acquisition and preparation in low-income, urban African-American households | X | X | X | ||
| Putting knowledge into practice: low-income women talk about food choice decisions | X | X | X | ||
| Qualitative evaluation of drivers of eating decisions among SNAP participants in Mississippi | X | X | |||
| A qualitative investigation of how mothers from low-income households perceive their role during family meals | X | ||||
| A qualitative investigation of parents’ perspectives about feeding practices with siblings among racially/ethnically and socioeconomically diverse households | X | X | |||
| Rural Latino caregivers’ beliefs and behaviors around their children's salt consumption | X | ||||
| Stretching food and being creative: caregiver responses to child food insecurity | X | X | X | ||
| Understanding the process of prioritizing fruit and vegetable purchases in families with low incomes: “A peach may not fill you up as much as hamburger” | X | ||||
| What a city eats: examining the dietary preferences of families living in communities at high risk for food insecurity | X | ||||
| What’s being served for dinner? An exploratory investigation of the associations between the healthfulness of family meals and child dietary intake | X | ||||
| Diet quality and contextual factors influencing food choice among adolescents with food security and food insecurity in Baltimore City | X | X | X |