Household food insecurity is associated with greater growth in body mass index (BMI) for some children, but no study has examined its association with school-aged children's growth in BMI during middle childhood. We examined the effect of household food insecurity on children's BMI trajectories ...
Children (n = 32; 11–16 y old) from after school programs and a middle school in low-income areas participated in individual semistructured in-depth interviews. Children as young as 11 y could describe behaviors associated with food insecurity if they had experienced it directly or indirectly...
This is the first study to report on the relationship between HFI and psychosocial dysfunction in school-aged children in a LMIC setting. It highlights the importance of improving policies and programs protecting vulnerable households from HFI. In addition to improving health and nutrition, such ...
Household Crowding and Food Insecurity Among Inuit Families With School-Aged Children in the Canadian Arctic Objectives. We examined the relation of household crowding to food insecurity among Inuit families with school-aged children in Arctic Quebec. M Ruiz-Castell,G Muckle,É Dewailly,... - 《...
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 ...
Food insecurity and environmental degradation pose significant threats to health outcomes in South Asia, necessitating effective policy interventions. Therefore, this study aims to examine the impact of food insecurity and environmental degradation on health outcome indicators amidst global inflationary shocks ...
As the following chart shows, the United Kingdom (10.5 percent) and United States (13 percent) both had higher levels of food insecurity among school children than the OECD average of 8.2 percent, and surpassed other major economies such as France (8.5 percent) and Brazil (8.6 percent). Fif...
While these theories often acknowledge early-life abuse and deprivation in the backgrounds of individuals with impulse control deficits, they often do not explicitly acknowledge food insecurity, hunger, and nutritional deprivation. Lack of food has been found to be related to poor glucose control [40...
Introduction Difficulty affording enough food is associated with adverse health outcomes among children and adults.1-4 Food insufficiency, a marker for economic strain, is defined by household lack of enough food to eat in the last 7 days.5 The related construct of food insecurity—defined as the...
eTable 1. Six-Item USDA Food Security Module, Assessed in HRS Respondents in 2013 eTable 2. Association of Food Insecurity With Dementia Risk in Primary Analytic Sample eTable 3. Association of Food Insecurity With Memory Levels and Age-Related Decline in Primary Analytic Sample eTable 4. Asso...