ArticleThe Journal of school health2022
Food Insecurity and Its Association With Alcohol and Other Substance Use Among High School Students in the United States.
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- Children's Adverse Childhood Experiences and Parent-Reported Use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in U.S. Households.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2026Article
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- Interrelated adolescent-level food insecurity and common mental health disorders in Harari Region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Household food insecurity and its impact on child and adolescent health outcomes in Western high-income countries: a rapid review of mechanisms and associations.Public health nutrition · 2025Review
- The Interplay of Food Insecurity, Diet Quality, and Dementia Status in their Association with All-Cause Mortality Among Older US Adults in the Health and Retirement Study 2012-2020.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025Article
- County-Level Food Insecurity and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Neuroendocrine mechanisms in the links between early life stress, affect, and youth substance use: A conceptual model for the study of sex and gender differences.Frontiers in neuroendocrinology · 2024Review
- Experimental biology can inform our understanding of food insecurity.The Journal of experimental biology · 2024Article
- SLC6A4 gene variants moderate associations between childhood food insecurity and adolescent mental health.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- Longitudinal experience of food insecurity & cigarette use in the early COVID-19 Pandemic, United States.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Exploring ecosocial contexts of alcohol use and misuse during the COVID-19 pandemic among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda: Multi-method findings.Journal of migration and health · 2024Article
- Perceived racial discrimination and polysubstance use among racial/ethnic minority adolescents in the United States.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies show that food insecurity is associated with adverse health behaviors for children and adults. However, published data among adolescents are limited. The objective of this study was to examine the association between food insecurity and substance use behaviors among US high school students.
methodsData from the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 10 states were combined to examine the association between household food insecurity and adolescent use of alcohol, marijuana, prescription opioid misuse, and illicit drugs using logistic regression.
resultsAmong surveyed respondents, 12.3% of high school students reported experiencing food insecurity. In unadjusted analyses, the prevalence of substance use was higher among students with food insecurity compared to food secure students: current binge drinking (16.2% vs 11.5%), current marijuana use (24.0% vs 16.2%), lifetime prescription opioid misuse (21.3% vs 12.6%), and lifetime use of illicit drugs (12.3% vs 5.0%) (all p < .05). In adjusted models, food insecurity was associated with lifetime prescription opioid misuse and lifetime use of illicit drugs (aPR 1.38 and 1.70, respectively).
conclusionStudents with food insecurity are a potential group at a higher rise of substance misuse and may benefit from prevention programs designed to address their needs.
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