Food insecurity among active duty soldiers and their families during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined the determinants of food insecurity among active duty Army households that transitioned into food insecurity during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Design

We compared Army households that recently transitioned into marginal food insecurity with those households that remained highly food secure (n 2832) to better understand how these households differ in their resilience to food insecurity during economic downturns using data from a military installation in the USA in 2020.

Setting

A US military installation in the USA.

Participants

Active duty US Army soldiers.

Results

Prior to the pandemic, the prevalence of marginal food insecurity among Army households was similar to that reported for households in the general p

SUBMITTER: Rabbitt MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8861550 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature