ArticleThe Journal of nutrition2020
Maternal Food Insecurity is Positively Associated with Postpartum Mental Disorders in Ontario, Canada.
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- Associations between food insecurity in high-income countries and pregnancy outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2024Pooled it
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- Breastfeeding Practices, Insomnia Symptoms, Anxiety, and Depression Among Lebanese Mothers: A Cross-Sectional Study.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Food insecurity status and perceived subjective well-being by maternal age and pregnancy status among women in Nigeria: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Interlinked crises: the roles of food literacy, quality of life, and mental well-being in predicting adult food insecurity.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Exploring the relationship between food insecurity and postpartum depression: A scoping review.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Food insecurity and acute care utilisation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Food uniting neighbours (f.u.n.): a pilot study exploring the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of co-designed interventions to improve food access.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Impact of household food insecurity on the use of maternal health services in the Savanes region, Togo: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Risk factors for food insecurity and association with prenatal care utilization among women who took opioids during pregnancy and unexposed controls.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Observational
- Relationship between food insecurity and the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension: a prospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Food insecurity during pregnancy and associated perinatal outcomes: a scoping review.Epidemiologic reviews · 2025Article
- A Linear Regression Analysis of Factors Affecting Social Determinants of Health Indicators.Acta medica Philippina · 2025Article
- Experiences accessing nutritious foods and perceptions of nutritional support needs among pregnant and post-partum mothers with low income in the United States.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Food Insecurity Is Associated with Diet Quality in Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Association of Living in a Food Desert and Poor Periconceptional Diet Quality in a Cohort of Nulliparous Pregnant Individuals.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Household food insecurity is prevalent in a cohort of postpartum women who registered in the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program in Toronto.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Patients' experiences with a community fruit and vegetable box program prescribed by their health provider.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundHousehold food insecurity has been associated with pregnancy complications and poorer birth outcomes in the United States and with maternal mental disorders in the United Kingdom, but there has been little investigation of the effects of food insecurity during this life stage in Canada.
objectivesOur objective was to examine the relationship between the food insecurity status of women during pregnancy and maternal and birth outcomes and health in infancy in Canada.
methodsWe drew on data from 1998 women in Ontario, Canada, whose food insecurity was assessed using the Household Food Security Survey Module on the Canadian Community Health Survey, cycles 2005 to 2011-2012. These records were linked to multiple health administrative databases to identify indications of adverse health outcomes during pregnancy, at birth, and during children's first year of life. We included women who gave birth between 9 months prior and 6 months after their interview date, and for whom infant outcome data were available. Multivariable Poisson regression models were used to compare outcomes by maternal food security status, expressed as adjusted relative risks (aRR) with 95% CIs.
resultsWhile pregnant, 5.6% of women were marginally food insecure and 10.0% were moderately or severely food insecure. Food insecurity was unrelated to pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes, but 26.8% of women with moderate or severe food insecurity had treatment for postpartum mental disorders in the 6-month postpartum period, compared to 13.9% of food-secure women (aRR, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.40-2.46). Children born to food-insecure mothers were at elevated risk of being treated in an emergency department in the first year of life (aRR, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.01-1.38).
conclusionsMaternal food insecurity during pregnancy in Ontario, Canada, is associated with postpartum mental disorders and a greater likelihood of infants being treated in an emergency department.
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