An Increase in Food Insecurity Correlated with an Increase in Plasma Triglycerides among Latinx Children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food insecurity and metabolic diseases both disproportionately affect Hispanic children. Cross-sectional studies have linked food insecurity with adverse cardiometabolic markers, including elevated plasma triglycerides and glucose concentrations. However, the association between changes in food insecurity and changes in cardiometabolic markers in children remains to be explored. Furthermore, few studies have assessed the impact of school-based nutrition interventions on household food insecurity.

Objective

The objectives of this study are to assess the effect of the TX Sprouts intervention on household food insecurity and to examine the association between changes in household food insecurity and changes in cardiometabolic markers over 1 academic year.

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SUBMITTER: Haushalter K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900190 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature