@article{Jo:263089,
      recid = {263089},
      author = {Jo, Young },
      title = {The Differences in Characteristics Among Households With  and Without Obese Children: Findings From USDA’s FoodAPS},
      address = {2017-09-13},
      number = {1476-2017-4350},
      series = {Economic Information Bulletin Number 179},
      pages = {39},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {Though the obesity rate for children in the United States  has reached an unprecedented level, not all children face  the same risk. Using data from USDA’s 2012 National  Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey(FoodAPS),  this study examines characteristics of households with at  least one obese child (obese-child households) and without  any obese children (nonobese-child households) to  understand potential reasons behind the dissimilar risks.  Children from obese-child households tend to live in a more  disadvantageous household and food environment than  children from nonobese-child households. Their parents are  more likely to be unmarried, less educated, financially  constrained, and obese. Obese-child households tend to be  located in areas with lower access to healthful foods.  Children from obese-child households eat breakfast less  frequently than children from nonobese-child households;  however, the difference in the nutritional quality of food  acquired by the two household types is not statistically  significant.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/263089},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.263089},
}