ReviewInternational journal of preventive medicine2020
The Relationship between Food Insecurity and Risk of Overweight or Obesity in under 18 Years Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- The Association Between Food Insecurity and Adverse Health Outcomes in Children and Adolescents: An Umbrella Review.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Household food insecurity, dietary intake, and weight status among children in Madrid, Spain: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Maternal nutrition literacy and childhood obesity in food-insecure and secure households.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Temporal Trends in Food Insecurity (Hunger) among School-Going Adolescents from 31 Countries from Africa, Asia, and the Americas.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Food insecurity in households of children receiving care at a paediatric obesity management clinic in Montreal: Overall prevalence and changes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.Paediatrics & child health · 2022Article
- A mixed-method systematic review and meta-analysis of the influences of food environments and food insecurity on obesity in high-income countries.Food science & nutrition · 2022Article
- Household food insecurity and its association with overweight and obesity in children aged 2 to 14 years.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Association of food insecurity on gut microbiome and metabolome profiles in a diverse college-based sample.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Association between the food security status and dietary patterns with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in overweight and obese Iranian women: a case-control study.Journal of ovarian research · 2021Article
- Food Insecurity and its Impact on Body Weight, Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mental Health.Current cardiovascular risk reports · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveFood insecurit (FI) has been considered as reason for childhood and adolescent overweight/obesity (OW/OB). Hence, this study was undertaken to assess these relationships.
designRelated articles were found by searching the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed and Embase databases until October 2019. Odds ratio (OR) was analized by a random-effects model. Standard methods were used for assessment of heterogeneity and publication bias. Data were available from 32 studies. The risk ratios of 139,762 participants were pooled from these articles for the meta-analysis.
resultsThis study domenstrated that children and adolescents in food-insecure condition are not at risk of OW/OB (OR = 1.02 95% CI: 0.99, 1.05). However, subgroup analysis indicated that FI related with inhanced risk of OW/OB in adolescents living in developed countries (OR = 1.14; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.27). Other subgroup analysis indicated that severe FI increased the risk of OW/OB among adolescents (OR = 1.24 95% CI: 1.03-1.49). In addition, we found that lower economic development significantly decreased risk of OW/OB among under 6 year children (OR = 0.88; 95% CI: 0.84, 0.93).
conclusionsOur results showed that higher FI degrees were related with more risks of OW/OB among adolescents (12-18 years). Moreover, the country economic levels had effect on the association between FI and risk of OW/OB.
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