Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 Jun 22;20:E52. doi: 10.5888/pcd20.220336.
Food insecurity and obesity coexist among children and families. We examined the association between receipt of plant-based family food packages from the Massachusetts General Hospital Revere Food Pantry and change in body mass index (BMI), adjusted for age and sex, among children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among 35 children aged 2 to 18 years who received the packages between January 2021 and February 2022, we observed a change in BMI of -0.04 kg/m (95% CI, -0.08 kg/m to -0.01 kg/m) for each package received. Our results suggest plant-based food packages might mitigate, and potentially reverse, BMI increase in children in households seeking food assistance.
儿童和家庭中同时存在食物不安全和肥胖问题。我们研究了在 COVID-19 大流行期间，从马萨诸塞州综合医院里维尔食品储藏室获得植物性家庭食品包与儿童的体重指数（BMI）变化之间的关系，调整了年龄和性别因素。在 2021 年 1 月至 2022 年 2 月期间收到这些包裹的 35 名 2 至 18 岁的儿童中，我们观察到每收到一个包裹，BMI 变化为-0.04kg/m（95%CI：-0.08kg/m 至-0.01kg/m）。我们的结果表明，植物性食品包可能会减轻甚至可能逆转寻求食物援助的家庭中儿童 BMI 的增长。
