ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2018
Food Insecurity is Associated with Maladaptive Eating Behaviors and Objectively Measured Overeating.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analytic Assessment of Unpredictability and Disordered Eating.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Food insecurity may promote opportunistic eating through heightened satiety insecurity: A cross-sectional mega-analysis study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Food insecurity and kidney disease: a systematic review.International urology and nephrology · 2024Pooled it
- Food insecurity and binge eating: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Do eating behavior traits predict energy intake and body mass index? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023Pooled it
- Dietary Adherence Is Associated with Perceived Stress, Anhedonia, and Food Insecurity Independent of Adiposity.Nutrients · 2024Trial
- Food insecurity moderates the relationship between momentary affect and adherence in a dietary intervention study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Trial
- Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity and Their Prevalence Among Medical Students in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Food insecurity as a predictor of all-cause mortality and premature mortality among older adults: a longitudinal cohort analysis of ELSA study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Article
- Disordered Eating Behaviors in Individuals With Physical Disabilities: A Narrative Review.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Review
- Exploring Drivers of Binge Eating in Individuals With Food Insecurity and Recurrent Binge Eating: A Qualitative Analysis.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Longitudinal assessment of food insecurity status on the gut microbiome and metabolome of first-year college students.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Chrononutrition: Potential, Challenges, and Application in Managing Obesity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Additive Psychosocial Effects of Binge Eating and Food Insecurity Among Midlife and Older Women.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Specific Nutrients Mediate the Association of Food Insecurity and Sleep Regularity Index (SRI) in U.S. Adults: NHANES 2011-2014.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Exploring Definitions, Correlates, and Solutions to Food Insecurity during COVID-19: A Mixed Methods CBPR Study with the Baltimore Native Community.American Indian and Alaska native mental health research (Online) · 2025Article
- Food Acquisition Coping Strategies Vary Based on Food Security Among University Students.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
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- Long-term Metabolic Dysfunction Programming in Female Mice by Serial Moderate Restriction of a High-fat High-sucrose Diet.Endocrinology · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe association between food insecurity and obesity may be partially explained by overeating in response to unpredictable food availability cycles. The aim of this study was to measure objective food intake in food-insecure individuals.
methodsEighty-two volunteers (53 m; BMI 29 ± 7; 38 ± 12 years) were admitted to our inpatient Clinical Research Unit and completed the Food Security Short Form, Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, Gormally Binge Eating Scale, and body composition assessment (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry). After 5 days of a weight-maintaining diet, participants self-selected food from an ad libitum vending machine paradigm for 3 days. Mean daily intake (kilocalories), macronutrient intake, and percentage of weight-maintaining energy needs (%WMEN) were calculated.
resultsBased on Food Security Short Form cutoffs, food-insecure participants (n = 46; 56%) had higher body weight (P = 0.04), fat-free mass (P = 0.05), disinhibition (P = 0.008), hunger (P = 0.02), and binge-eating scores (P = 0.02) but not cognitive restraint (P = 0.37) compared with food-secure individuals. They overate more kilocalories (P = 0.001), %WMEN (P = 0.003), fat (P = 0.003), and carbohydrates (P = 0.004) during the vending machine paradigm, continued to increase their hourly rate of kilocalories (group × time; β = 37.7 cumulative kcal/h; P < 0.0001), and ate more total kilocalories across the 72 hours (β = 47.09 kcal/h; P = 0.003).
conclusionsFood insecurity may amplify susceptibility to weight gain via overeating during times of unlimited food access.
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