ArticlePublic health nutrition2022
The relationship between diet quality and the severity of household food insecurity in Canada.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- "We treat the symptom, not the system": a qualitative study exploring connections between food insecurity and disease-related malnutrition in Canada.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2026Article
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- Household food insecurity, nutrient intakes and BMI in New Zealand infants.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the relationship between the dietary quality of Canadian children and adults and household food insecurity status.
designDietary intake was assessed with one 24-h recall. Households were classified as food secure or marginally, moderately or severely food insecure based on their responses to the Household Food Security Survey Module. We applied multivariable analyses of variance to determine whether % energy from ultra-processed foods, fruit and vegetable intake, Healthy Eating Index (HEI) scores, macronutrient composition and micronutrient intakes per 1000 kcal differed by food insecurity status after accounting for income, education and region. Analyses were run separately for children 1-8 years and 9-18 years and men and women 19-64 years of age.
settingTen provinces in Canada.
participantsRespondents to the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition, aged 1-64 years, with complete food insecurity data and non-zero energy intakes, N 15 909.
resultsAmong adults and children, % energy from ultra-processed foods was strongly related to severity of food insecurity, but no significant trend was observed for fruit and vegetable intake or HEI score. Carbohydrate, total sugar, fat and saturated fat intake/1000 kcal did not differ by food insecurity status, but there was a significant negative trend in protein/1000 kcal among older children, a positive trend in Na/1000 kcal among younger children and inverse associations between food insecurity severity and several micronutrients/1000 kcal among adults and older children.
conclusionsWith more severe household food insecurity, ultra-processed food consumption was higher, and diet quality was generally lower among both adults and children.
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