Household food insecurity and children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the United States: the Healthy Communities Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine associations between household food insecurity and children's physical activity and sedentary behaviours.

Design

Secondary analysis was conducted on the Healthy Communities Study, an observational study from 2013 to 2015. Household food insecurity was assessed by two items from the US Department of Agriculture's 18-item US Household Food Security Survey Module. Physical activity was measured using the 7-d Physical Activity Behaviour Recall instrument. Data were analysed using multilevel statistical modelling.

Setting

A total of 130 communities in the USA.

Participants

In sum, 5138 US children aged 4-15 years.

Results

No associations were found for the relationship between household food insecurity and child physical activity. A signi

SUBMITTER: Navarro SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8660938 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature