TABLE 2.

Home food environment changes across two timepoints during the COVID‐19 pandemic in a nationwide sample of the US parents with a child 5–18 years of age (N = 433)

		Change in food security status from T1 to T2
	Overall (N = 433)	Became food insecure (n = 27)	Stayed food insecure (n = 173)	Became food secure (n = 65)	Stayed food secure (n = 168)	p value
Total food						<0.01
Increased (%)	26.6	18.5	18.5	38.5	31.2
Decreased (%)	21.0	29.6	44.1	6.2	2.9
Stayed the same (%)	52.4	51.9	37.5	55.4	65.9
High‐calorie snack foods						<0.01
Increased (%)	17.3	18.5	16.1	18.5	17.9
Decreased (%)	29.3	33.3	41.7	26.2	17.9
Stayed the same (%)	53.4	48.2	42.3	55.4	64.2
Desserts and sweets						<0.01
Increased (%)	15.5	3.7	14.3	15.4	18.5
Decreased (%)	32.8	37.0	47.0	30.8	19.1
Stayed the same (%)	51.7	59.3	38.7	53.9	62.4
Fresh foods						<0.01
Increased (%)	36.3	44.4	32.7	49.2	33.5
Decreased (%)	17.3	18.5	32.1	7.7	6.4
Stayed the same (%)	46.4	37.0	35.1	43.1	60.1
Nonperishable processed food						<0.01
Increased (%)	33.3	44.4	40.5	35.4	23.7
Decreased (%)	17.3	7.4	21.4	13.9	16.2
Stayed the same (%)	49.4	48.2	38.1	50.8	60.1

Note: Results presented for the overall sample and by categories indicating changes in food security status across two timepoints during COVID‐19.

Increased = greater at T2, compared to T1, during the COVID‐19 pandemic.

Decreased = lower at T2, compared to T1, during the COVID‐19 pandemic.

Stayed the same = no reported change from T1 to T2 during the COVID‐19 pandemic.

p Values represent significance for chi‐square analyses conducted for home food environment variables by food security status (3 × 4) to indicate overall distribution differences.

Abbreviations: COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; T1, timepoint 1 (May 2020); T2, timepoint 2 (September 2020).