Severe housing-cost burden and obesity among preschool-aged low-income children in Los Angeles County.

ABSTRACT: Despite high rates of housing-cost burden in the United States, little is known regarding its impact on childhood obesity. In this article, we determine whether low-income 2-5-year-olds living in housing-cost burdened households are more likely to be obese and examine the potential moderators and behavioral and psychosocial mediators of this relationship. We used data from a triennial survey (2011, 2014) of a random sample of Los Angeles County participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (n = 2307). Logistic regression was used to examine the association between child's obesity status (Body Mass Index for age and sex ≥ 95th percentile) and severe housing-cost burden (finding it very difficult to pay for housing). Mother's depressive symptoms a

SUBMITTER: Nobari TZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6305808 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature