ArticlePediatric obesity2022
Food insecurity is associated with higher food responsiveness in low-income children: The moderating role of parent stress and family functioning.
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- Food Insecurity and Appetitive Traits: A Prospective Analysis in Generation XXI Cohort.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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- The Role of Food Security in Mediterranean Diet Adherence Among Adolescents: Findings from the EHDLA Study.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- War exposure and changes in eating behaviours in Ukrainian school-aged children: A cross-sectional online survey.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Maternal perceived stress, household disorder, eating behaviors and adiposity of women and their children.Eating behaviors · 2024Article
- Food inequity and insecurity and MASLD: burden, challenges, and interventions.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2024Review
- Global research trends and hotspots in overweight/obese comorbid with depression among children and adolescents: A bibliometric analysis.World journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Household Food Insecurity and Maternal-Toddler Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Concordance.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2024Article
- What Is Food Noise? A Conceptual Model of Food Cue Reactivity.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Food insecurity is inversely associated with positive childhood experiences among a nationally representative sample of children aged 0-17 years in the USA.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- The role of stress in the association among food insecurity, eating disorder pathology, and binge eating-related appetitive traits.Eating behaviors · 2023Article
- Exploring differences in disordered eating and related appetitive traits among women based on childhood and current food security status.Eating behaviors · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundFood insecurity (FI) may increase the odds for childhood obesity, yet little is known about the mechanism explaining this relationship. Parents experience greater psychosocial stress in the context of FI. In these environments, children from FI households may exhibit different appetitive behaviours.
objectivesTo examine associations between FI and appetitive behaviours in children (3-5 years) and to explore whether social, emotional and structural properties of the home environment moderate this relationship.
methodsIn a low-income sample of 504 parent-child dyads, parents completed the household food security module and the Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire. A subsample (n = 361) self-reported perceived stress, depressive symptoms, household chaos and family functioning. Children were categorized as food secure, household FI and child FI.
resultsFood responsiveness (LSmeans ± SE; child FI: 2.56 ± 0.13; food secure: 2.31 ± 0.10, p < 0.05) and emotional overeating (LSmeans ± SE; child FI: 1.69 ± 0.10; food secure: 1.48 ± 0.08, p < 0.05) were higher among children in the child FI group compared to the food secure group. Child FI was only associated with higher food responsiveness among children of parents reporting high levels of perceived stress (p = 0.04) and low levels of family functioning (p = 0.01). There were no differences in food responsiveness by food security status at mean or low levels of perceived stress or at mean or high levels of family functioning (p > 0.05).
conclusionsChild FI may contribute to obesity risk through differences in appetitive behaviours. For low-income families, stress management and improving family dynamics may be important factors for interventions designed to improve children's appetitive behaviours.
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