ArticlePublic health nutrition2020
Household food insecurity: associations with disordered eating behaviours and overweight in a population-based sample of adolescents.
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- Global Prevalence of Adolescent Use of Nonprescription Weight-Loss Products: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- Food insecurity and binge eating: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors in children and adolescents: A systematic review.Eating behaviors · 2023Pooled it
- Relationship between food insecurity and a gestational diabetes risk reduction intervention: outcomes among American Indian and Alaska Native adolescent and young adult females.Translational behavioral medicine · 2023Trial
- Pediatric weight management interventions improve prevalence of overeating behaviors.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Trial
- Childhood food insecurity trajectories and adolescent eating disorder symptoms: a UK cohort study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Associations between food insecurity, food insufficiency, and disordered eating behaviors among U.S. adolescents.Eating behaviors · 2026Article
- 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
- Adolescent disordered eating: Associations among food insecurity, stress, and emotional eating patterns.Appetite · 2025Observational
- 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
- Functions of Dietary Restriction and Unique Associations With Mood States Among Young Adults With Food Insecurity: Findings From an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Measurement invariance of a brief disordered eating scale in a large sample of secondary school students in Canada.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Exercise addiction and disordered eating in young Lebanese regular sport practitioners: the indirect role of body appreciation and body dysmorphic concerns.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Chrononutrition: Potential, Challenges, and Application in Managing Obesity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The relationship between household food insecurity and quality of life among children aged 7-13 years: effects of parent-reported disordered eating, anxiety and depression.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Redefining Roles-Fathers Play a Crucial Role in Shaping Children's Healthy Eating Behaviors: Cross-Sectional Observational Study.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Qualitative Analysis of a Home-Delivered Produce Prescription Intervention to Improve Food and Nutrition Security.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Impact of a school-based food assistance program on household food insecurity in Greece, 2012-2019: a multi-year evaluation of the DIATROFI program.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Article
- Association of household food insecurity with sociodemographic factors and obesity in US youth: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017-2018.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine how household food insecurity is related to adolescent weight status and disordered eating.
designCross-sectional, population-based study. Adolescents self-reported unhealthy weight control behaviours, binge eating and meal frequency; weight status was measured. Household food insecurity was assessed by asking parents to respond to the validated six-item US Household Food Security Survey Module.
settingAdolescents surveyed within Minneapolis/St. Paul public middle and high schools completed surveys at school, and their parents/guardians were surveyed by mail during the 2009-2010 academic year.
participantsEthnically/racially diverse, primarily low-income adolescents (mean age: 14·4 years, range: 10-22 years) and their parents/guardians (n 2285 dyads).
resultsMore than one-third (38·9 %) of the adolescents experienced past-year household food insecurity, 43·2 % reported disordered eating and 39·6 % were overweight. Generalised regression models showed that food insecure (FI) compared with food secure (FS) adolescents had higher prevalence of overweight (FI: 42·3 % v. FS: 37·9 %, P = 0·039), lower breakfast consumption (FI: 4·1 times/week v. FS: 4·4 times/week, P = 0·005) and greater use of unhealthy weight control behaviours (FI: 49·0 % v. FS: 39·5 %, P < 0·001) in unadjusted models. Models adjusted for parental education, ethnicity/race, sex and age found that food insecurity was associated with higher prevalence of unhealthy weight control behaviours (FI: 44·5 % v. FS: 37·8 %, P = 0·007), but not with weight status or other eating behaviours.
conclusionsThese results suggest that food insecurity may be an independent risk factor for unhealthy weight control behaviours, indicating a need to approach these intersecting issues in a comprehensive manner.
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