Maternal Food Insecurity is Positively Associated with Postpartum Mental Disorders in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Household food insecurity has been associated with pregnancy complications and poorer birth outcomes in the United States and with maternal mental disorders in the United Kingdom, but there has been little investigation of the effects of food insecurity during this life stage in Canada.

Objectives

Our objective was to examine the relationship between the food insecurity status of women during pregnancy and maternal and birth outcomes and health in infancy in Canada.

Methods

We drew on data from 1998 women in Ontario, Canada, whose food insecurity was assessed using the Household Food Security Survey Module on the Canadian Community Health Survey, cycles 2005 to 2011-2012. These records were linked to multiple health administrative databases to identify indi

SUBMITTER: Tarasuk V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7675029 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature