000			02772nam a2200241Ia 4500
008			230626s2017 xx 000 0 und d
040			_cManila Tytana Colleges
100			_aSimmet, Anja.
245		4	_aThe nutritional quality of food provided from food pantries : _ba systematic review of existing literature / _cAnja Simmet, Julia Depa, Peter Tinnermann, Nanette Stroebele-Benschop
260			_cApril 2017
336			_atext
337			_aunmediated
338			_avolume
440			_n117 : 4 pages 577-588 _aJournal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics _97208
520			_aBackground: In many affluent countries, food-insecure households use food pantries to keep their family fed. The long-term dependence of many users on these programs calls for a systematic review of studies on the nutritional quality of food provided by food pantries. Objective: The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize the current scientific evidence about the nutritional quality of food bags distributed by food pantries. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted in the electronic databases PubMed, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and Psychology Behavioral Sciences Collection to identify cross-sectional, cohort, and intervention studies reporting baseline data conducted in high-income countries and published between 1980 and 2015, which reported the nutritional quality of food bags distributed by food pantries. Identified citations were screened in two stages and data were independently extracted by two authors using a predefined data sheet. The quality of included studies was evaluated using criteria of an adapted Ottawa Scale. The systematic review was reported in accordance to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. Results: Applying the two-stage screening, 9 of 1,546 articles were identified for inclusion. Nutritional quality of food bags varied widely between and within studies. Milk products, vitamins A and C, and calcium were provided in particularly low amounts. None of the studies were nationally representative and only a few studies controlled for the household composition of the recipients of food bags. Conclusion: Food pantries likely have a strong influence on users' diets, but the food pantries examined in the selected studies were largely unable to support healthy diets. The distribution of more perishable foods would increase users' diet quality and may have an immense potential to address malnutrition in vulnerable population groups.
521			_aNutrition.
650			_aCharitable food assistance. _94485
650			_aFood banks. _92934
650			_aFood insecurity. _92892
650			_aFood supply. _95695
650			_aPoverty. _95383
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