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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Personal Author:
Robson, Shannon M. ; Lozano, Alicia J. ; Papas, Mia ; Patterson, Freda
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Description:
Introduction

Food insecurity is associated with poor cardiometabolic health in adults. The extent to which this relationship exists in adolescents has yet to be defined. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents.

Methods

We evaluated the association between food insecurity and several cardiometabolic risk factors by using data collected from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey at the state and city levels. Logistic regression models adjusted for sex, race/ethnicity, grade, and neighborhood safety were used to determine the association between food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors among a weighted sample of 495,509 adolescents.

Results

Of the sample studied, 12.8% reported being food insecure. Food-insecure adolescents had more than a twofold increased odds of not eating breakfast on all 7 days (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.27; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.61–3.21; P < .001), a 60% increased odds of reporting less than 8 hours per day of sleep (AOR = 1.60; 95% CI, 1.15–2.23; P = .006), a 65% increased odds of reporting current cigarette smoking (AOR = 1.65; 95% CI, 1.16–2.36; P = .006), and a 65 % increased odds of current alcohol consumption (AOR = 1.36; CI, 1.01–1.84; P = .04), compared with food-secure adolescents.

Conclusion

Among adolescents, in adjusted models, food insecurity was significantly associated with not consuming breakfast daily, getting less than 8 hours of sleep per day, currently smoking, and currently drinking alcohol. Food insecurity in adolescents may serve as an important precursor to poor cardiometabolic health.


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Adolescent Cardiovascular Diseases Child Child Nutrition Sciences Female Food Supply Humans Male Metabolic Diseases Odds Ratio Poverty Risk Factors
Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 14.
Pubmed ID:
29120702
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5695641
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
P20 GM113125/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50130/cdc_50130_DS1.pdf
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