Adverse childhood experiences and food insecurity in emerging adulthood: findings from the EAT 2010-2018 study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Low childhood socio-economic status (SES) and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are associated with poor health outcomes in adulthood. Determining how ACE may be linked to food insecurity among young people from socio-economically diverse households can inform health-protective strategies. This study examined if ACE are associated with food insecurity during the transition to adulthood and investigated prevalence differences across SES strata.

Setting

Participants were recruited from twenty secondary schools in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

Participants

The analytic sample (n 1518) completed classroom surveys in 2009-2010 (mean age = 14·5 years) and follow-up surveys in 2017-2018 (mean age = 22·0 years).

Design

Past-year food insecurity wa

SUBMITTER: Larson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10641614 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature