Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 539 Bevier Hall MC-182, 905 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL61801, USA.
Office of Extension and Outreach, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Public Health Nutr. 2022 Sep;25(9):2601-2613. doi: 10.1017/S1368980022000660. Epub 2022 Mar 21.
The objective of the current study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on participants' reported farmers' market (FM) attitudes and shopping behaviours, frequency of serving vegetables to their families, food resource management behaviours and food security. A secondary objective was to identify facilitators and barriers to shopping at FM and food waste reduction techniques used by low-income families.
The current study used a mixed methods evaluation embedded within a cluster randomised trial of the M2MP intervention.
The 7-week M2MP program was delivered at Extension offices and community centres in central Illinois.
Participants included 120 adults and their families. Class cohorts were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: (1) nutrition education and cooking classes with produce allocations (PAE, 39); (2) nutrition education and cooking classes only (EO, 36) or (3) control group ( 45).
Compared with control participants, PAE participants were significantly more likely to report shopping at FM ( = 0·029) and reported serving more vegetables to their families ( = 0·010) (EO participants did not differ from the control group on any outcomes). There were no differences between conditions in survey-based measures of food security or food resource management behaviours. Interview results describe facilitators and barriers to shopping at FM and a variety of food waste reduction techniques (including food placement and food resource management).
These findings suggest that fresh produce provision coupled with nutrition and culinary education can positively impact shopping and dietary behaviours.
本研究旨在评估 Market to MyPlate（M2MP）计划对参与者报告的农贸市场（FM）态度和购物行为、向家庭供应蔬菜的频率、食物资源管理行为和粮食安全的影响。次要目标是确定低收入家庭在 FM 购物的障碍和减少食物浪费的技巧。
本研究采用混合方法评价，嵌入 M2MP 干预的群组随机试验。
为期 7 周的 M2MP 计划在伊利诺伊州中部的推广办公室和社区中心进行。
参与者包括 120 名成年人及其家属。班级队列被随机分配到三个治疗组之一：（1）营养教育和烹饪课程配给农产品（PAE，39）；（2）营养教育和烹饪课程仅（EO，36）或（3）对照组（45）。
与对照组参与者相比，PAE 参与者更有可能报告在农贸市场购物（ = 0.029），并报告向家庭供应更多的蔬菜（ = 0.010）（EO 参与者在任何结果上与对照组没有差异）。在基于调查的粮食安全或食物资源管理行为的测量方面，各组之间没有差异。访谈结果描述了在 FM 购物的障碍和各种减少食物浪费的技巧（包括食物摆放和食物资源管理）。
这些发现表明，新鲜农产品的供应加上营养和烹饪教育可以积极影响购物和饮食行为。
