Table 3 Bivariate Associations between Features of the Home Food Environment, Diet Quality and BMI
Feature | Fruit & Vegetable Guidelines (n = 4942) | Percent Calories from Fat (n = 4938) | BMI Classification (n = 4755) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Met | Unmet | Under/Normal Weight (BMI < 25) | Overweight/Obese (BMI ≥ 25) | ||||||||||
Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | p-value | r | p-value | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | p-value | ||
Fruit & vegetable inventory (of 39) | 20.6 | (7.99) | 13.0 | (6.94) | <.0001 | 0.15 | <.0001 | 14.9 | (7.89) | 13.5 | (7.29) | <.0001 | |
Salty snacks/sweets inventory (of 8) | 4.5 | (2.26) | 3.6 | (2.00) | <.0001 | 0.25 | <.0001 | 3.8 | (2.08) | 3.7 | (2.06) | 0.11 | |
Less healthy beverages inventory (of 3) | 1.8 | (1.07) | 1.1 | (1.01) | <.0001 | 0.24 | <.0001 | 1.5 | 1.03 | 1.5 | (1.02) | 0.40 | |
Food placement | 2.7 | (0.62) | 2.4 | (0.70) | <.0001 | −0.14 | <.0001 | 2.5 | 0.69 | 2.5 | (0.70) | 0.048 | |
Meal preparation | 2.3 | (0.63) | 1.8 | (0.63) | <.0001 | 0.05 | 0.0004 | 1.9 | (0.66) | 1.8 | (0.64) | <.0001 | |
Portion control | 2.1 | (0.66) | 1.9 | (0.74) | <.0001 | 0.03 | 0.032 | 1.9 | (0.72) | 1.9 | (0.74) | 0.65 | |
Restaurant food for family meals | 1.2 | (1.01) | 0.6 | (0.67) | <.0001 | 0.41 | <.0001 | 0.7 | (0.80) | 0.65 | (0.71) | 0.0002 | |
Family TV and eating | 2.6 | (1.07) | 2.4 | (1.15) | 0.002 | 0.18 | <.0001 | 2.3 | (1.14) | 2.5 | (1.13) | <.0001 | |
N | % | N | % | p-value | Mean BMI | (SD) | p-value | N | % | N | % | p-value | |
Shopping for fruit, ≥1/week | |||||||||||||
Yes | 805 | 90.9 | 3090 | 76.2 | <.0001 | 35.0 | (5.34) | 0.035 | 1562 | 81.4 | 2185 | 77.0 | 0.0003 |
No | 81 | 9.1 | 966 | 23.8 | 35.4 | (4.83) | 356 | 18.6 | 652 | 23.0 | |||
Own scale | |||||||||||||
Yes | 721 | 81.4 | 3023 | 74.5 | <.0001 | 35.2 | (5.45) | 0.18 | 1464 | 76.3 | 2141 | 75.5 | 0.50 |
No | 165 | 18.6 | 1033 | 25.5 | 34.9 | (4.51) | 454 | 23.7 | 696 | 24.5 | |||
TV in dining area | |||||||||||||
Yes | 625 | 70.5 | 2416 | 59.6 | <.0001 | 35.7 | (5.60) | 0.18 | 1133 | 59.1 | 1758 | 62.0 | 0.04 |
No | 261 | 29.5 | 1640 | 40.4 | 34.1 | (4.42) | 788 | 40.9 | 1079 | 38.0 | |||