ArticleThe Journal of nutrition2022
Time-Varying Associations between Food Insecurity and Infant and Maternal Health Outcomes.
Article in The Journal of nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Household food insecurity, nutrient intakes and BMI in New Zealand infants.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Feasibility of an ADAPTive intervention to improve food security and Maternal-Child Health (ADAPT-MCH): Protocol for a pilot sequential multiple assignment randomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Evaluation of a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program in a Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Obesity Prevention Program.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity, Anemia and Vitamin A Deficiency in Brazilian Children Aged between 6 and 59 Months of Age: Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019).Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Food insecurity questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes, and practices for perinatal care professionals.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundFood insecurity (FI) is dynamic for families and adversely affects infant and maternal health. However, few studies have examined the longitudinal impact of FI on infant and maternal health.
objectivesWe aimed to examine the relation between food insecurity in the first year of life and infant and maternal health outcomes. We hypothesized FI would be associated with poorer infant and maternal health outcomes.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study of 364 infants 12-15 months and their caregivers receiving care at a single primary care clinic. The exposure of interest was food insecurity measured during well-child checks using a validated 2-item screening tool. The primary outcome was infant weight-for-length z score. Secondary outcomes included infant log-transformed ferritin, infant hemoglobin, infant lead concentrations, and maternal depression, assessed by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Unadjusted and adjusted effects were estimated using generalized mixed linear models, and the linear effect of visit time was tested using likelihood ratios.
resultsIn adjusted models, no overall association between FI and infant weight-for-length z score was observed; however, FI male infants had lower weight-for-length z scores than female infants (P = 0.05). FI infants had 14% lower log ferritin concentrations per month of exposure to FI. FI was positively associated with maternal depression (IRR 5.01 [95% CI 2.21-11.3]).
conclusionsFood insecurity can have longitudinal and demographically-varied associations with infant and maternal outcomes that warrant further exploration.
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