Background Lower household income has been consistently associated with poorer diet
quality. Household food purchases may be an important intervention target to improve diet …

Background Food purchasing is considered a key mediator between the food environment
and eating behavior, and food purchasing patterns are increasingly measured in …

The nutritional quality of Americans' diets has increasingly become a focus of economic
research due to its effects on health outcomes. Health care and other costs associated with …

Background:“Processed foods” are defined as any foods other than raw agricultural
commodities and can be categorized by the extent of changes occurring in foods as a result …

We use data from the USDA's National Household and Food Acquisition and Purchase
Survey to describe the nutritional quality of foods purchased and acquired by a nationally …

Background Food prices may be one reason for the growing socioeconomic disparities in
diet quality. Objective To evaluate the association between diet costs and the Healthy Eating …

Background The present study examined income-related household food purchases among
a sample of 90 households from the community. Methods Annotated food purchase receipts …

Background: It is unknown whether diet quality is correlated with actual food expenditure.
According to the positive deviance theory, the study of actual food expenditure by people …

Background: Socio-economic factors may affect diet quality, perhaps differentially across
gender and ethnicity. The mechanism of this association is still largely unknown. Objectives …

Background: Food prices are an established determinant of food choice and may affect diet
quality. Research on diet cost and diet quality in representative populations has been …