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A Longitudinal Study of Food Insecurity on Obesity in Preschool Children
Obesity and its co-occurrence with household food insecurity among low-income families is a public health concern, particularly because both are associated with later adverse health consequences.Food Insecurity Is Associated with Overweight in Children Younger than 5 Years of Age
Both household food insecurity and childhood overweight are serious public health problems that appear to be paradoxically correlated. This study examines the relationship between overweight and household food insecurity with/without hunger in low-income children participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Weight, height, and household food insecurity data were collected on 8,493 children ages 1 month to 5 years and analyzed by sex and age groups using logistic regression to model the odds of being overweight (weight for length or body mass index [calculated as kg/m2] for age ≥95th percentile) given household food insecurity status, controlling for race/ethnicity and maternal education.
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