ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2016
The relationship between hunger and mental health outcomes among school-going Ecuadorian adolescents.
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- Food insecurity and its impact on substance use and suicidal behaviours among school-going adolescents in Africa: evidence from the Global School-Based Student Health Survey.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Correlates of leisure-time sedentary behavior among 181,793 adolescents aged 12-15 years from 66 low- and middle-income countries.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Conceptualisation and measurement of child hunger: a rapid review.Public health nutrition · 2026Review
- The relationship between childhood hunger experiences and activities of daily living disability: a mediating role of depression.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association of physical activity and sitting time with tobacco and alcohol use in 222,495 adolescents from 66 countries.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Mental health among adolescents exposed to social inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Association of food insecurity and sleep difficulty among 189,619 school-going adolescents: a study from the global in-school students survey.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Assessment of mental health problems among adolescents in Sri Lanka: Findings from the cross-sectional Global School-based Health Survey.Health science reports · 2022Article
- Investigating the role of climate-related disasters in the relationship between food insecurity and mental health for youth aged 15-24 in 142 countries.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Food insufficiency is associated with depression among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- Trends and Spatial Patterns of Suicide Among Adolescent in Ecuador, 1997-2016.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeMental health and food insecurity are major public health issues among adolescents in Ecuador. Our objective was to determine the relationship between hunger, symptoms of depression, and suicidal ideation among school-going Ecuadorian adolescents.
methodsWe conducted crude and multivariable logistic regression models using data from the 2007 Global School-based Student Health Survey from Quito, Guayaquil, and Zamora, Ecuador (N = 5524). Hunger was defined as having gone hungry in the past 30 days due to lack of food in the home. Outcomes of interest were symptoms of depression and suicidal ideation with or without planning in the past year.
resultsOverall, 41.2 % (2200/5467) of students reported experiencing hunger. In multivariable logistic regression models, hunger had an increasing exposure-response relationship with symptoms of depression [sometimes hungry odds ratio (OR) 1.80, P = 0.0001; most of the time or always hungry OR 2.01, P < 0.0001] and suicidal ideation with planning (sometimes hungry OR 1.55, P = 0.04; most of the time or always hungry OR 2.63, P = 0.001).
conclusionHunger was associated with increased odds of symptoms of depression and suicidal ideation with planning. Strategies to improve mental health among adolescents in Ecuador should consider the potential contribution of hunger and food insecurity.
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