Dive Summary:

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $149,074 grant to the University of Kentucky for a study titled, “Adolescent and Parent Food Activity Patterns as Drivers of Food Choice and Behaviors."
• The study will examine how food shopping patterns, behaviors and purchasing choices are influenced by adolescents and their parents, with some of the families being given GPS data recorders so researchers can measure the influence of their daily travel routine on their shopping venue of choice.
• Additionally, the study will measure adolescents' food choices when shopping with and without a parent.

From the article:

... According to the grant abstract, “There is limited research understanding how adolescents and their parents move within their daily lives which may influence their food choices and ultimately diet behavior." ...