Food insecurity and dietary intake among US youth, 2007-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited research describing associations between food insecurity and dietary intake.

Objective

To examine differences in dietary intake by food security status among a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents in the USA.

Methods

The sample included 5136 children, ages 2-15 years, from the National Nutrition and Health Examination Survey, 2007-2010. Propensity score weighting was used to improve covariate balance between food-secure and food-insecure (marginal, low or very low food security) participants. Multivariate measurement error models were used to model usual intake of various dietary components and assess differences by food security status.

Results

Initial analyses using multivariate measurement error models dete

SUBMITTER: Rossen LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4675681 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature