ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2017
The pervasive effect of youth self-report of hunger on depression over 6 years of follow up.
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- The relationship between diet quality and the severity of household food insecurity in Canada.Public health nutrition · 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
- Longitudinal Trajectories of Food Insecurity in Childhood and Their Associations With Mental Health and Functioning in Adolescence.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- The impact of novel and traditional food bank approaches on food insecurity: a longitudinal study in Ottawa, Canada.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Stability of food insecurity status in paediatric primary care.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Food Insecurity amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Food Charity, Government Assistance, and Employment.Canadian public policy. Analyse de politiques · 2021Article
- Food insecurity and housing instability during early childhood as predictors of adolescent mental health.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2020Article
- Geographic and socio-demographic predictors of household food insecurity in Canada, 2011-12.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Food insufficiency is associated with depression among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- The Relation between Food Insecurity and Mental Health Care Service Utilization in Ontario.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2018Article
- The effect of child hunger on educational attainment and early childbearing outcomes in a longitudinal population sample of Canadian youth.Paediatrics & child health · 2018Article
- Relation between household food insecurity and breastfeeding in Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeWe used longitudinal data to clarify the association between self-report of hunger and subsequent depression risk among youth and young adults, accounting for other risk factors.
methodsYouth self-report of ever experiencing hunger data were collected from cycles 4-6 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth cohort of Canadian youth 16 years and older (n = 4139). Data on depressive symptoms (CES-D 12) were collected over three cycles (2004-2009, cycles 6-8). We used multivariable regression based on generalized estimating equations (GEE) to examine prior youth hunger on later depression risk, adjusting for time-stable, time-varying, and lagged variables (e.g., depressive symptoms in previous cycle), thereby clarifying the temporal relationship.
resultsThe prevalence of youth hunger experience and depression risk reached 5.9 and 15.0%, respectively. The adjusted odds ratio of depression for participants reporting hunger was 2.31 (95% CI 1.54, 3.46) and changed little [2.17 (95% CI 1.29, 3.67)] after accounting for previous CES-D 12 scores, suggesting a temporal relationship in which hunger contributes to depression risk. Unlike never-hungry youth, depression in ever-hungry youth remained comparatively elevated over time.
conclusionsOur models support an independent and temporal relationship between youth self-report of hunger and depression in adolescence and young adulthood.
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