ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2022
Food insecurity and its associations with bulimic-spectrum eating disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults.
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- Food insecurity and binge eating: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Food insecurity moderates the relationship between momentary affect and adherence in a dietary intervention study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Trial
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- Starving for Data: Eating Disorders Prevalence and Research Gaps in Southern Africa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Measuring the Ecological Footprint of Eating Behaviors: A Psychometric Study on the Turkish Version of the EREC Scale.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Food Insecurity in Individuals with Eating Disorders: A UK-Wide Survey of Impact, Help-Seeking, and Suggestions for Guidance.Nutrients · 2026Article
- 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
- Food Insecurity, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in Middle to Older Adults.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Food insecurity and body dissatisfaction in a sample of Canadian adults.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- Detecting and addressing eating disorders among individuals experiencing food insecurity: considerations for dietetic practice.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Examining measurement invariance of appetitive trait and ARFID symptom measures by food security status.Appetite · 2024Article
- Early and Frequent Psychiatric Readmissions in a Brazilian Cohort of Hospitalized Patients Between 2001 and 2013.Administration and policy in mental health · 2024Article
- Adolescent food insecurity in female rodents and susceptibility to diet-induced obesity.Physiology & behavior · 2024Article
- Food Insecurity and Food Addiction in a Large, National Sample of Lower-Income Adults.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
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- More Than Identity: An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Mental-Emotional Well-Being of Emerging Adults by Centering Lived Experiences of Marginalization.American journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- The relation of food insecurity to eating disorder characteristics and treatment-seeking among adult respondents to the National Eating Disorders Association online screen.Eating behaviors · 2023Article
- Household food insecurity and health service use for mental and substance use disorders among children and adolescents in Ontario, Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023Article
- Health literacy and eating disorder pathology in women with food insecurity: A preliminary cross-sectional study.Eating behaviors · 2023Article
- A UK-wide survey of healthcare professionals' awareness, knowledge and skills of the impact of food insecurity on eating disorder treatment.Eating behaviors · 2023Article
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purposeTo examine cross-sectional associations between food insecurity and 12-month eating disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders among U.S. adults.
methodsThis study used data collected between 2001 and 2003 from 2914 participants in the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication, a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults (mean age = 44.9 years; 53.4% female). Twelve-month food insecurity was assessed with a modified version of the Short Form U.S. Household Food Security Scale. Twelve-month DSM-IV diagnoses of mental disorders were based on the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Modified Poisson regression models were conducted, adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, and income-to-poverty ratio.
resultsFood insecurity was experienced by 11.1% of participants. Food insecurity was associated with greater prevalence of bulimic-spectrum eating disorders (prevalence ratio [PR] = 3.81; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.26-6.42), mood disorders (PR = 2.53; 95% CI 1.96-3.29), and anxiety disorders (PR = 1.69; 95% CI 1.39-2.07).
conclusionResults indicate that food insecurity is associated with a range of internalizing mental disorders, though these findings should be confirmed with contemporary data to reflect DSM-5 diagnostic updates and the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from this study emphasize the need to expand food insecurity interventions and improve access to mental health services for food-insecure populations.
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