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Food insecurity and maternal-child nutritional status in Mexico: cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012.
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- Anthropometric characteristics of children living in food-insecure households in the USA.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Household food insecurity and health in a high-migration area in rural Honduras.SSM - population health · 2021Article
- Prevalence and regional variations of coexistence of child stunting and maternal overweight or obesity in Myanmar.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Maternal height and double-burden of malnutrition households in Mexico: stunted children with overweight or obese mothers.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Association Between Breastfeeding and Child Stunting in Mexico.Annals of global health · 2020Article
- Complementary feeding practices and associated factors among Mongolian children 6-23 months of age.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- The Relationship between Food Insecurity and Risk of Overweight or Obesity in under 18 Years Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of preventive medicine · 2020Review
- The Relation Between Household Food Insecurity and Children's Height in Canada and the United States: A Scoping Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Article
- Double Burden of Malnutrition (DBM) and Anaemia under the Same Roof: A Bangladesh Perspective.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the association between household food insecurity (HFI) and risk of childhood stunting and to determine whether this association is modified by maternal-child overweight/obesity.
designObservational cross-sectional study.
settingData come from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey (
participantsOur study sample included 5087 mother-preschool child pairs and 7181 mother-schoolchild pairs.
main outcome measuresDifferences in the prevalence (95% CI) of each HFI category by socioeconomic characteristics and maternal-child nutritional status were estimated. A logistic regression model was conducted for stunting and overweight among preschool children and for stunting and overweight/obesity among schoolchildren, adjusting for pertinent covariates. HFI was measured according to the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA by its initials in Spanish). Weight and recumbent lenght or height measures were obtained from children. Overweight and obesity in women were determined according to the WHO Growth Reference Charts. The following covariates were included: sex of the child. urbanicity (urban/rural), region of residence and maternal education. Benefiting from food assistance programmes and socioeconomic status index were also included. Results were expressed as adjusted ORs.
resultsStunting proved more prevalent in preschool children with moderate or severe HFI (16.2% and 16.8%, respectively) (p=0.036 and p=0.007, respectively) than in their counterparts with mild or no HFI (13.2% and 10.7%, respectively). Furthermore, the interaction between HFI and maternal obesity had a significant impact on stunting in preschool children (p<0.05). Severe HFI increased risk of stunting in children with non-obese mothers but not in those with obese mothers.
conclusionWe have discovered a new relationship between HFI and maternal obesity on the one hand and risk of childhood stunting on the other hand. This may reflect a shared mechanism involving dual forms of malnutrition.
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