%0 Journal Article
%T Daily Dietary Intake Patterns Improve after Visiting a Food Pantry among Food-Insecure Rural Midwestern Adults
%A Becky Henne
%A Breanne N. Wright
%A Bruce A. Craig
%A Dan Remley
%A Donna Mehrle
%A Heather A. Eicher-Miller
%A Lacey McCormack
%A Lisa Franzen-Castle
%A Regan L. Bailey
%A Richard D. Mattes
%A Suzanne Stluka
%J Archive of "Nutrients".
%D 2018
%R 10.3390/nu10050583
%X Emergency food pantries provide food at no cost to low-resource populations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate single-day dietary intake patterns before and after visiting a food pantry among food-secure and food-insecure pantry clients. This observational cohort study comprised a paired, before-and-after design with a pantry visit as the intervention. Participants (n = 455) completed a demographic and food security assessment, and two 24-h dietary recalls. Adult food security was measured using the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module. Dietary intake patterns were assessed using Automated Self-Administered 24-h Recall data and classified by Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2010) scores, dietary variety, number of eating occasions, and energy intake. Paired t-tests and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests compared outcomes before and after a pantry visit. Mean dietary variety increased after the pantry visit among both food-secure (p = 0.02) and food-insecure (p < 0.0001) pantry clients. Mean energy intake (p = 0.0003), number of eating occasions (p = 0.004), and HEI-2010 component scores for total fruit (p < 0.001) and whole fruit (p < 0.0003) increased among food-insecure pantry clients only. A pantry visit may improve dietary intake patterns, especially among food-insecure pantry clients
%K emergency food assistance
%K food pantry
%K food insecurity
%K dietary patterns
%K dietary quality
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986463/