Association of a primary care‐based mobile food pantry with child body mass index: A propensity score matched cohort study
Authors' conclusion
In this proof-of-concept cohort study of children in households with food insecurity, a paediatric primary care-based mobile food pantry program was associated with improvement in child BMIz over 6 months.
Study context
- Population
- Paediatric primary care patients aged <6 years with household food insecurity and anthropometric measures before and after intervention start; mean age 1.48 (SD 1.46) years, 84.5% Hispanic/Latinoof 454 with food insecurity
- Participants
- 265 patients
- Exposure
- Food FARMacia vs matched non-participants
- Food FARMacian = 44
- Outcome
- Child BMIz (age-adjusted, sex-specific BMI) change
- Follow-up
- 6 months
Methodological detailsproof-of-concept, difference-in-differences analysis
- Proof-of-concept
- Difference-in-differences analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Change in child BMIz · follow-up period
Food FARMacia vs Non-participantsUnadjusted DiD (95% CI)
Smaller BMIz increases with Food FARMacia
−0.28(−0.52 to −0.04)
Food FARMacia vs Non-participantsAdjusted DiD, units (95% CI)
Adjusted for potential confounders; statistically significant
−0.31(−0.54 to −0.08)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Association of a primary care‐based mobile food pantry with child body mass index: A propensity score matched cohort study. Pediatr Obes. Published 20 March 2023. doi:10.
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