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Home Food Environment Questionnaire

The HFEQ is a parent-report questionnaire measuring the household food environment—the availability of healthy and unhealthy foods, parent feeding practices, and family mealtime characteristics. Developed by Boles, Fulkerson, and colleagues, the HFEQ captures multiple dimensions of the home environment that influence children's dietary intake and weight status. The home food environment is a key modifiable target for childhood obesity prevention interventions.

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  1. Boles, R. E., Scharf, C., Fiese, B. H., et al. (2013). Differences in the home food environment and eating behaviors by child weight status: A qualitative study. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 113(7), 926–933. DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.01.015
  2. Fulkerson, J. A., Larson, N., Horowitz, M., & Neumark-Sztainer, D. (2014). A qualitative study of factors affecting family food choices and the home food environment of lower-income families with preschool children. Appetite, 76, 76–85. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.01.064

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ScholarGateHFEQ (Home Food Environment Questionnaire). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/public-health-nutrition/home-food-environment-questionnaire