Infant Food Security in New Zealand: A Multidimensional Index Developed from Cohort Data.

ABSTRACT: Food security (FS) during infancy is associated with lifelong outcomes. New Zealand is a developed economy that reports poor childhood nutrition-related health statistics, particularly among minority children, yet has no measure of FS applicable to infancy. The objective was to develop an FS index for New Zealand infants and examine its association with demographic covariates and health outcomes. Within a large (n = 6853) nationally representative cohort, variables describing infant food consumption, breastfeeding, and maternal food-related coping methods were collected from mothers during late infancy. An FS index was derived using confirmatory factor analysis. Associations were assessed by logistic regressions and described using odds ratios (OR) and ≥95% confidence intervals (CI). Fifte

SUBMITTER: Schlichting D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352114 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature