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Food Insecurity Is Positively Related to Overweight in Women
- Source :
- The Journal of Nutrition. 131:1738-1745
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2001.
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Abstract
- Although individuals with poor food security might be expected to have reduced food intake, and thus reduced body fat and less likelihood of being overweight, these associations have not been adequately studied. The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between food insecurity and overweight as measured by body mass index (BMI) using data from the nationally representative 1994-1996 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII). Overweight was defined as BMI >27.3 kg/m(2) for women and 27.8 kg/m(2) for men. Food insecurity was related to overweight status for women (n = 4509, P < 0.0001), but not for men (n = 4970, P = 0.44). Excluding the 11 severely insecure women, the prevalence of overweight among women increased as food insecurity increased, from 34% for those who were food secure (n = 3447), to 41% for those who were mildly food insecure (n = 966) and to 52% for those who were moderately food insecure (n = 86). Food insecurity remained a significant predictor of overweight status, after adjustment for potentially confounding demographic and lifestyle variables (P < 0.01). In a logistic regression analysis, mildly insecure women were 30% more likely to be overweight than those who were food secure [odds ratio (OR) 1.3, P = 0.005]. Thus, food insecurity had an unexpected and paradoxical association with overweight status among women with a higher prevalence of overweight among the food insecure, and a resulting potential for increased incidence of obesity-related chronic diseases. Given that the rates of both overweight and food insecurity are on the rise, this research area warrants further investigation.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty
Hunger
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Public Policy
Overweight
Logistic regression
Body Mass Index
Education
Environmental health
Ethnicity
Prevalence
Humans
Medicine
Obesity
Exercise
Poverty
Analysis of Variance
Nutrition and Dietetics
Food security
business.industry
Public health
Incidence (epidemiology)
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
United States
Diet
Logistic Models
Socioeconomic Factors
Women's Health
Female
Television
medicine.symptom
Food Deprivation
business
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00223166
- Volume :
- 131
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6e7d15f4d2e944d3330987d2caa8e192