Household Food Insecurity Is Associated With Higher Adiposity Over Time Among Adolescents in Louisiana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have examined how household food insecurity may impact longitudinal changes in adiposity among adolescents.

Objective

We investigated the link between household food insecurity and 2-year change in adolescent adiposity, with sex as a potential moderator.

Methods

Analyses included 222 adolescents living in and around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who participated in the TIGER Kids study (baseline: June 2016-December 2017; follow-up: January 2018-August 2019). Household food security was measured using a validated two-question parent-reported survey. Adiposity outcomes were collected using anthropometry, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Multivariable multilevel models assessed associations between househol

SUBMITTER: Fenton A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12874501 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature