ArticlePublic health nutrition2014
Food and nutrition insecurity: a marker of vulnerability to asthma symptoms.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis estimating the population prevalence of comorbidities in children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- NAT2 slow acetylation genotypes contribute to asthma risk among Caucasians: evidence from 946 cases and 1,091 controls.Molecular biology reports · 2014Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Food Environments and Health Outcomes: A Case Study in Lansing, Michigan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity Is Associated With Current Asthma, Wheeze, and Lung Function in Children and Adults.The clinical respiratory journal · 2025Article
- Recommendations for Clinicians to Combat Environmental Disparities in Pediatric Asthma: A Review.Chest · 2024Review
- Understanding and controlling asthma in Latin America: A review of recent research informed by the SCAALA programme.Clinical and translational allergy · 2023Review
- Childhood food insecurity and incident asthma: A population-based cohort study of children in Ontario, Canada.PloS one · 2021Article
- Household food insecurity is associated with asthma control in Peruvian children living in a resource-poor setting.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2020Article
- Association between Household Food Insecurity and Asthma in Korean Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Timing of household food insecurity exposures and asthma in a cohort of US school-aged children.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Social, Environmental and Behavioral Determinants of Asthma Symptoms in Brazilian Middle School Students-A National School Health Survey (Pense 2012).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Sex and Race/Ethnic Disparities in Food Security and Chronic Diseases in U.S. Older Adults.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the association between food and nutrition insecurity and asthma in children from Latin America.
designCross-sectional study.
settingSão Francisco do Conde, Bahia, north-eastern Brazil. SUBJECTS: The study included 1307 children aged 6-12 years from public elementary schools. Asthma symptoms were collected using a questionnaire that was translated and adapted from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood, phase III. The diagnosis of asthma was determined based on reports of wheezing in the previous 12 months. The Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale was used to identify food insecurity. We also obtained demographic, socio-economic and anthropometric information for each participant. We used multivariate logistic regression analyses to assess the associations of interest.
resultsOf the children surveyed, 10·4% had a history of wheezing and 64·5% had some degree of food and nutrition insecurity. We found a positive dose-response relationship and statistically significant associations of asthma with moderate (OR = 1·71, 95% CI 1·01, 2·89) and severe (OR = 2·51, 95% CI 1·28, 4·93) food and nutrition insecurity.
conclusionsThe results show that moderate and severe food and nutrition insecurity are markers of vulnerability to wheezing. It is important to note that the results of studies in this field have potential implications for social policies that promote food security. Further studies to identify the mechanisms involved in the relationship between food and nutrition insecurity and asthma are needed.
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