ArticleJournal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics2019
Food Insecurity Is Associated with Body Dissatisfaction among Children in California.
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- Household Food Insecurity across Childhood and Weight Change Attempts in Early Adolescence: Findings from a Nationally Representative Cohort of United States Youth.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- Household food insecurity and its impact on child and adolescent health outcomes in Western high-income countries: a rapid review of mechanisms and associations.Public health nutrition · 2025Review
- The Association of Levels of Food Insecurity and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Food insecurity and body dissatisfaction in a sample of Canadian adults.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- Intragenerational and Intergenerational Transmission of Food Insecurity: An Analysis of Black and White Women and Children From the NHLBI Growth and Health Study.The Journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Health literacy and eating disorder pathology in women with food insecurity: A preliminary cross-sectional study.Eating behaviors · 2023Article
- A UK-wide survey of healthcare professionals' awareness, knowledge and skills of the impact of food insecurity on eating disorder treatment.Eating behaviors · 2023Article
- Greater social adversity is associated with more disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among children from Southeast Michigan.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Caregiver-reported household food insecurity and child-reported food insecurity in relation to eating disorder risk factors and symptoms among preadolescent children.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Experiencing Household Food Insecurity During Adolescence Predicts Disordered Eating and Elevated Body Mass Index 8 Years Later.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022Article
- Food Insecurity and Eating Pathology in Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Students with Food Insecurity Are More Likely to Screen Positive for an Eating Disorder at a Large, Public University in the Midwest.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2021Article
- Household food insecurity: associations with disordered eating behaviours and overweight in a population-based sample of adolescents.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Food Insecurity and Eating Disorders: a Review of Emerging Evidence.Current psychiatry reports · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundFood insecurity affects 13 million children in the United States. Body dissatisfaction is also prevalent, affecting up to 46% of children. Both food insecurity and body dissatisfaction are associated with poor health outcomes, and both are associated with body weight and racial/ethnic disparities. The association between food insecurity and body dissatisfaction among children has not been examined.
objectiveThe purpose of this study was twofold: to examine, in a sample of children in grades 4 through 8, the relationship of child food insecurity with body dissatisfaction and to gain an understanding of the interactive roles of body mass index (BMI), race/ethnicity, and sex in the relationship between food insecurity and body dissatisfaction.
designThis was a cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS/
settingThis study examined data obtained from 14,768 children in grades 4 through 8 from 54 public schools in California between 2014 and 2016.
main outcome measuresThe primary outcome of interest was body dissatisfaction (five items converted to a binary indicator), and the exposure of interest was child-reported food insecurity (three items converted to a binary indicator). Subsets of validated questionnaires were used to assess body dissatisfaction and food insecurity. STATISTICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED: Data were analyzed using multivariable logistic regression, and effect modification was examined by BMI category (underweight, normal, overweight, obese), race/ethnicity, and sex.
resultsIn this large and diverse sample, after adjusting for cofounders, children experiencing food insecurity, in all BMI categories and from all racial/ethnic backgrounds, had higher odds of body dissatisfaction than their food-secure counterparts. The strength of the relationship differed by BMI and race/ethnicity, with the strongest associations observed for African-American children (odds ratio=2.32; P<0.001) and children with a normal children (odds ratio=1.76; P<0.001).
conclusionsExperiencing food insecurity was associated with greater body dissatisfaction, with the magnitude of the association modified by BMI and race/ethnicity.
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