Food insecurity and disordered eating: Associations among adults with and without children.

ABSTRACT: Food insecurity affects over 10 % of U.S. households, with higher rates among families with children. Emerging evidence suggests that food insecurity may contribute to disordered eating behaviors. This study explored the prevalence of food insecurity and its associations with restrictive, compensatory and binge-eating behaviors among parents and adults without children (non-parents) using data from two interrelated population-based cohorts (N = 3216) recruited from public schools in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area as part of the Project EAT studies. Adjusting for adult age, food insecurity was more prevalent among parents (23 %) than non-parents (14 %). Food insecurity was associated with more disordered eating, including restrictive behaviors and binge eating in both parents and non-parents

SUBMITTER: Loth KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12403230 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature