ArticleBMC pediatrics2021
Screening for marginal food security in young children in primary care.
Article in BMC pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01869530 (TARGet Kids!), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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The trial behind it
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TARGet Kids!: Measuring Nutrition in Young Preschool Children in the Primary Care Practice Setting
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Household Food Insecurity Risk and Weight Status Outcomes in Early Childhood: A Public Health Perspective.Nutrients · 2026Article
- What's on the Plate? Unveiling Food Insecurity and Nutritional Risk Among Preschool-Aged Children in Türkiye.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- School food programs and food insecurity at the REACH school network: an observational study.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Food Insecurity Screening in High-Income Countries, Tool Validity, and Implementation: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Consensus from an expert panel on how to identify and support food insecurity during pregnancy: A modified Delphi study.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Childhood food insufficiency and adulthood cardiometabolic health conditions among a population-based sample of older adults in Puerto Rico.SSM - population health · 2022Article
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundHousehold food insecurity (FI), even at marginal levels, is associated with poor child health outcomes. The Nutrition Screening Tool for Every Preschooler (NutriSTEP®) is a valid and reliable 17-item parent-completed measure of nutrition risk and includes a single item addressing FI which may be a useful child-specific screening tool. We evaluated the diagnostic test properties of the single NutriSTEP® FI question using the 2-item Hunger Vital Sign™ as the criterion measure in a primary care population of healthy children ages 18 months to 5 years.
resultsThe sample included 1174 families, 53 (4.5%) of which were marginally food secure. An affirmative response to the single NutriSTEP® question "I have difficulty buying food I want to feed my child because food is expensive" had a sensitivity of 85% and specificity of 91% and demonstrated good construct validity when compared with the Hunger Vital Sign™.
conclusionThe single NutriSTEP® question may be an effective screening tool in clinical practice to identify marginal food security in families with young children and to link families with community-based services or financial assistance programs including tax benefits.
trial registrationTARGet Kids! practice-based research network (Registered June 5, 2013 at www.clinicaltrials.gov ; NCT01869530); www.targetkids.ca.
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