Food insecurity and the extremes of childhood weight: defining windows of vulnerability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weight extremes and food insecurity (FIS) represent public-health challenges, yet their associations in childhood remain unclear. We aimed to investigate the longitudinal time-specific relationship between FIS and risk of overweight/obesity and underweight in kindergarten through 8th grade.

Methods

In the prospective Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (1998-2007) of 6368 children, household FIS was assessed by the validated US Household Food Security Survey Module in kindergarten, 3rd, 5th and 8th grades. Multivariable linear-regression and Poisson-regression models were computed.

Results

Compared with children experiencing food security (FS), children exposed to FIS in 5th grade had 0.19 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.07-0.30] and 0.1

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7266558 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature