Background: Food insecurity (FI) refers to limited or uncertain access to food resulting from financial constraints. Numerous studies have shown association between FI and adverse health outcomes among adults and children around the world, but in Brazil, such information is scarce, especially if ...
Food Insecurity will adversely influence child’s social and emotional skill development. Along with physical and cognitive development, every child have to progress through phases of emotional and social skill development. Arguably, all children may be different in their individual development processes. ...
Results show that congruence between household and neighborhood education and race/ethnicity associates with the likelihood of experiencing food insecurity. For example, households with non-Hispanic black children living in neighborhoods with high proportions of non-Hispanic blacks have significantly lower ...
A systematic search in five databases identified 55 studies on child and adolescent food insecurity and potential consequences. Extensive literature accumulated over nearly 30 years has identified profound consequences for growth, diet, health, and psychological development for children and adolescents who ...
and the prevalence of obesity in children; possible explanations for the overlap between poverty, household food insecurity and obesity in children; social, economic and public health policies to address childhood poverty and household food insecurity - can they have an impact on obesity in children?
Being without the financial means to have reliable access to enough food to sustain members of a household is known as Food Insecurity (FI; Gundersen, 2013). Previous research has linked FI to obesity and depression (Adams, Grummer-Strawn, & Chavez, 2003; BronteTinkew, Zaslow, Capps, Horowit...
Blanchet noted that research has already shown food insecurity can have anegative impacton children's social and physical development, associated with poor nutrition, school absenteeism andlower grades. In the study, the researchers surveyed 5,281 Canadian children aged 10 and 11, and found those l...
This study examines the effects of food insecurity during children's first two years on their cognitive development at age four. This study uses a propensity score analysis to isolate the unique impact associated with food insecurity. Preliminary results found that, except for parent report of ...
The researchers hope this systematic review will provide evidence of the impact that temporary and even marginalfood insecuritycan have on the development and behavior of children, such that it will inspire greater awareness amongst healthcare providers, and ultimately, increase political action. ...
Food insecurity—or lack of enoughhealthy foodfor an active,healthy life—is not just an issue of hunger. Food insecurity prevents children from reaching their full potential physically, cognitively, and socially. Children who grow up in food-insecure homes are sick more often, recover from illnes...