Food insecurity and psychological distress in Inuit adolescents of Nunavik.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study aims at measuring the association between household food insecurity and psychological distress in adolescents in Inuit communities, concurrently and overtime from childhood to adolescence.

Design

The study used measures of internalising behaviours (anxiety, withdrawn attitude, somatic complaints and depression) as indicators of psychological distress during adolescence, a concurrent measure of household food insecurity in adolescence and an assessment of longitudinal patterns of household food insecurity from childhood to adolescence. We collected descriptive information at birth, childhood and adolescence on potential confounders.

Setting

Inuit communities of Nunavik in northern Quebec, Canada.

Participants

The study consisted of 21

SUBMITTER: Bradette-Laplante M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200505 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature