Household Food Insecurity and Obesity, Chronic Disease, and Chronic Disease Risk Factors
| Autor: | Patrick H. Casey, Carol L. Connell, Janice E. Stuff, Pippa Simpson, Beverly McCabe-Sellers, Catherine M. Champagne, Margaret L. Bogle, David W. Harsha, Judith L. Weber, Jeffrey M. Gossett, Kitty L. Szeto, James M. Robbins |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
education.field_of_study Nutrition and Dietetics Health (social science) Food security business.industry Population Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Context (language use) medicine.disease Obesity Random digit dialing Environmental health Diabetes mellitus medicine Cluster sampling education business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 1:43-62 |
| ISSN: | 1932-0256 1932-0248 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j477v01n02_04 |
| Popis: | Context. Studies examining the association between food insecurity and obesity in adults have produced conflicting results, and information is limited on the relationship between food insecurity and adult chronic health conditions, particularly in a high-risk population. Objective. To examine the association between household food insecurity and self-reported weight status and chronic disease in the Lower Mississippi Delta. Design. A two-stage stratified cluster sample representative of the population in 36 counties in the Lower Delta. Data were collected in a cross-sectional telephone survey using list assisted random digit dialing telephone methodology. Setting and Participants. A randomly selected sample of 1,457 adults from a free-living population. Main Outcome Measures. US Food Security Survey Module, self-reported height and weight status (obesity = body mass index > 30 kg/m2), and self-reported hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and a marker for metabolic syn... |
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