Birth outcomes in relation to neighborhood food access and individual food insecurity during pregnancy in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-wide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited access to healthy foods, resulting from residence in neighborhoods with low-food access or from household food insecurity, is a public health concern. Contributions of these measures during pregnancy to birth outcomes remain understudied.

Objectives

We examined associations between neighborhood food access and individual food insecurity during pregnancy with birth outcomes.

Methods

We used data from 53 cohorts participating in the nationwide Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes-Wide Cohort Study. Participant inclusion required a geocoded residential address or response to a food insecurity question during pregnancy and information on birth outcomes. Exposures include low-income-low-food-access (LILA, where the nearest supermarket is >0.

SUBMITTER: Aris IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11130689 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature