Experiencing food insecurity in childhood: influences on eating habits and body weight in young adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine how food insecurity in childhood up to adolescence relates to eating habits and weight status in young adulthood.

Design

A longitudinal study design was used to derive trajectories of household food insecurity from age 4·5 to 13 years. Multivariable linear and logistical regression analyses were performed to model associations between being at high risk of food insecurity from age 4·5 to 13 years and both dietary and weight outcomes at age 22 years.

Setting

A birth cohort study conducted in the Province of Quebec, Canada.

Participants

In total, 698 young adults participating in the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development.

Results

After adjusting for sex, maternal education and immigrant status, household income and type of fam

SUBMITTER: Dubois L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10641605 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature