ArticlePublic health nutrition2021
Household food insecurity and school readiness among preschool-aged children in the USA.
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- Household Food Insecurity, Growth and Development of Preschool Children: Evidence From Rural Pakistan.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Trial
- Impacts of Food Insecurity on Child Development: Strengthening the Role of Childcare.Nutrients · 2025Review
- State-Level Spending on Children Associated with Unequal Benefits to School Readiness.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Does Evidence Support an Emotion Regulation Model of Anorexia Nervosa? A Systematic Review of Over a Decade of Research.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- A scoping review of interventions aiming to improve food security for low-income families with school-aged children outside of school hours.Journal of nutritional science · 2025Article
- Food insecurity in the household: Interventions tackling children's food insecurity, a commentary on a systematic review.Journal of family & child health · 2024Article
- Dietary Diversity, Household Food Insecurity and Stunting among Children Aged 12 to 59 Months in N'Djamena-Chad.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Association of household food insecurity with developmental delay in preschool children: 2018 Ecuadorian Nutrition and Health National Survey.Journal of nutritional science · 2023Article
- Neighborhood influences on the development of self-regulation among children of color living in historically disinvested neighborhoods: Moderators and mediating mechanisms.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study examines the association between mild and moderate-to-severe household food insecurity and school readiness among a nationally representative sample of preschool-aged children.
designCross-sectional data pertaining to household food availability as well as four domains of school readiness - early learning skills, self-regulation, social-emotional development and physical health & motor development - were employed.
settingThe USA.
participants15 402 children aged 3-5 years from the 2016-2018 National Survey of Children's Health.
resultsBoth mild and moderate-to-severe food insecurity are associated with an increase in needing support or being at-risk in each of the four school readiness domains, particularly Self-Regulation (IRR = 4·31; CI 2·68, 6·95) and Social-Emotional Development (IRR = 3·43; CI 2·16, 5·45). Furthermore, while nearly half of the children in food-secure households are on-track across all four school readiness domains (47·49 %), only one in four children experiencing moderate-to-severe household food insecurity is on-track across all domains (25·26 %).
conclusionsHousehold food insecurity is associated with reductions in school readiness among preschool-aged children.
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