Food Insecurity is Associated with Maladaptive Eating Behaviors and Objectively Measured Overeating.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The association between food insecurity and obesity may be partially explained by overeating in response to unpredictable food availability cycles. The aim of this study was to measure objective food intake in food-insecure individuals.

Methods

Eighty-two volunteers (53 m; BMI 29 ± 7; 38 ± 12 years) were admitted to our inpatient Clinical Research Unit and completed the Food Security Short Form, Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, Gormally Binge Eating Scale, and body composition assessment (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry). After 5 days of a weight-maintaining diet, participants self-selected food from an ad libitum vending machine paradigm for 3 days. Mean daily intake (kilocalories), macronutrient intake, and percentage of weight-maintaining energy needs (%WMEN)

SUBMITTER: Stinson EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249092 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature