Kitchen Adequacy and Child Diet Quality in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sample

ABSTRACT

This study examined kitchen adequacy in a racially/ethnically diverse low-income sample and associations with child diet quality. Families with children age five to seven years old (n = 150) from non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, Native American, Hmong, and Somali families were recruited through primary care clinics. More than 85% of families had 15 of the 20 kitchen items queried, indicating that the sample had adequate kitchen facilities. Only one item (a kitchen table) was associated with higher overall diet quality of children. In contrast, children living in households with can openers and measuring spoons consumed more sodium and added sugars, respectively.

KEYWORDS:

• Kitchen adequacy
• child diet quality
• nutrition
• obesity
• healthy eating

Acknowledgments

The Family Matters study is a team effort and could not have been accomplished without the dedicated staff who carried out the home visits.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PI: Jerica Berge) under grant numbers R01HL126171 and 5R03HD084897-02. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute or the National Institutes of Health; NHLBI (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) [5R03HD084897-02, R01HL126171].