First, we did not track clients by collecting personally identifying information, out of consideration for their status as members of a vulnerable population. We gave each client a business card with a randomly assigned identification number during time 1 data collection, and asked clients to retain...
assistance programs: This covered resources like food pantries or banks, community gardens, friend’s or relative places, churches or community centers, special supplemental nutrition programs for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/Food Stamps;...
Participants self-reported their SNAP participation status by answering yes or no if they received SNAP benefits/food stamps. Covariates of interest included age (years), race/ethnicity (non-Latino Black vs. Latino), sex (female vs. other), educational level (≤high school diploma/GED, some ...
Information on the time of eating was extracted from the image metadata (time and date stamps). The time stamp on the before eating image was documented as the time of consumption. Plate waste was recorded as the total amount of food left over. The mFR does not capture how leftovers are ...