Anthropometric characteristics of children living in food-insecure households in the USA.
Public Health Nutr
; 24(15): 4803-4811, 2021 10.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study provides information on food insecurity and child malnutrition in a technologically advanced nation.DESIGN:
Population-based study using multistage probability cluster sampling design to collect survey data. Multivariable regression models were used to determine associations between food security status and various malnutrition indices.SETTING:
We used a national sample from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2014.PARTICIPANTS:
The anthropometric and demographic data sets of 4121 children <7 years old were analysed for this study.RESULTS:
Food-insecure infants younger than 6 months had shorter upper arm length (-0·4 cm, P = 0·012) and smaller mid-upper arm circumference (-0·5 cm, P = 0·004); likewise those aged 6 months-1 year had shorter upper arm length (-0·4 cm, P = 0·008), body length (-1·7 cm, P = 0·007) and lower body weight (-0·5 kg, P = 0·008). Food-insecure children younger than 2 years were more likely to be underweight (OR 4·34; 95 % CI 1·99, 9·46) compared with their food-secure counterparts. Contrariwise, food-insecure children older than 5 years were more likely to be obese (OR 3·12; 95 % CI 1·23, 7·96).CONCLUSIONS:
Food insecurity associates with child growth deficits in the USA. Food-insecure infants and young children are generally smaller and shorter, whereas older children are heavier than their food-secure counterparts, implying a double burden of undernutrition-overnutrition associated with child food insecurity. Child food and nutrition programmes to improve food insecurity should focus on infants and children in the transition ages.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Desnutrição
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Abastecimento de Alimentos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article