Food insecurity is associated with higher respiratory quotient and lower glucagon-like peptide 1.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Food insecurity is known to be associated with obesity, but its association with physiological measures is unclear. Therefore, it was hypothesized that, compared with food-secure individuals, those with food insecurity would have higher 24-hour energy expenditure (EE [kilocalories per day]) and 24-hour respiratory quotient (RQ [ratio]). Subsequently, hormones involved in appetite regulation, substrate oxidation, and EE were explored.

Methods

A total of 113 healthy participants without diabetes (75 men; mean [SD], age 40 [12] years; BMI 30 [8] kg/m² ) were included in this analysis. Participants completed the Food Security Short Form, underwent a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scan, and spent 24 hours in a human respiratory chamber following a weight-ma

SUBMITTER: Booker JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10264060 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature