The hunger-obesity paradox: Exploring food banking system characteristics and obesity inequities among food-insecure pantry clients

• Kristen Cooksey Stowers ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Kristen.cooksey@uconn.edu

  Affiliations Department of Allied Health Sciences, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7988-8011

  ⨯
• Nana Yaa A. Marfo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

  ⨯
• Eminet Abebe Gurganus,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

  ⨯
• Kim M. Gans,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

  ⨯
• Shiriki K. Kumanyika,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  ⨯
• Marlene B. Schwartz

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

  ⨯