ArticleNutrients2022
Understanding the Relationship between Food Security and Mental Health for Food-Insecure Mothers in Virginia.
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- Focusing attention on the important association between food insecurity and psychological distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Review of Coping Strategies to Prevent and Mitigate Food Insecurity in Households with Children.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Interrelated adolescent-level food insecurity and common mental health disorders in Harari Region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Food insecurity among adolescent girls who are mothers (10-19 years) in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.PloS one · 2026Article
- Experienced poverty stigma is associated with food insecurity, mental health, and resource utilization among Southern US mothers with low income.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Using concept mapping to co-create implementation strategies to address maternal-child food insecurity during the first 1000 days of life.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Differing Within-Household Food Security Statuses Are Associated with Varied Maternal Mental Health Outcomes.Nutrients · 2024Article
- "I'm Doing the Best that I Can": Mothers Lived Experience with Food Insecurity, Coping Strategies, and Mental Health Implications.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Article
- Depression and anxiety in peruvian military personnel during the pandemic context: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Maternal Mental Health Status Is Associated with Weight-Related Parenting Cognitions, Home Food Environment Characteristics, and Children's Behaviors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Food insecurity, which disproportionately impacts mothers, can have chronic consequences on physical and mental health. There is a relationship between food insecurity and mental health, but the relationship’s mechanisms are unclear. This study aimed to understand how mental health outcomes differ by food insecurity severity and race among Virginia mothers. A cross-sectional survey employed previously validated food security status measures, physical and mental health, social support, and food coping strategies. Results were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Spearman’s rank-order correlations, linear regression, and chi-squared with effect sizes. Overall, respondents (n = 1029) reported worse mental health than the U.S. average (44.3 ± 10.1 and 50, respectively). There was a large effect of food security on mental health (d = 0.6), with worse mental health outcomes for mothers experiencing very low food security (VLFS) than low food security (LFS; p < 0.001). There was a small effect of race on mental health (φc = 0.02), with Black mothers having better mental health than White mothers (p < 0.001). Compared to mothers experiencing LFS, mothers experiencing VLFS had less social support (d = 0.5) and used more food coping strategies, especially financial strategies (d = −1.5; p < 0.001). This study suggests that food-insecure mothers experience stressors and lack adequate social support, which is even more distinct for mothers experiencing VLFS.
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