Associations Among Food Insecurity, Academic Performance, and Weight Status in Primary Schoolchildren in Tehran, Iran: A Cross-sectional Study
| Autor: | Saeed Esfandiari, Nasrin Omidvar, Zeynab Amirhamidi, Aazam Doustmohammadian, Hassan Eini-Zinab |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Medicine (miscellaneous) Iran Food Supply 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Academic Performance medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Students Weight status 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics Food security Body Weight Outcome measures Anthropometry Educational attainment Food insecurity Cross-Sectional Studies Diet quality Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of nutrition education and behavior. 50(2) |
| ISSN: | 1878-2620 |
| Popis: | To examine the associations among household food insecurity (FI), academic performance, and weight status in urban primary schoolchildren.Cross-sectional study.Primary schools in Tehran, Iran.A total of 803 students (419 boys and 384 girls), aged 10-12 years, were recruited from 43 primary schools.Levels of FI were measured using a locally validated, 18-item household food security survey module. Academic performance was assessed by 152 teachers through a specifically designed, 20-scale questionnaire. Standard anthropometric measurements were also taken.Linear and multinomial regressions were conducted.At the household level, FI was associated with poorer grades in all subjects studied (except for social science in FI without hunger) (P .05). At the child level, a significant association was observed between low food security and poorer grades in all subjects studied, whereas for very low food security, this relationship was significant only for mathematics, reading, and science (P .05). Food insecurity without hunger (odds ratio = 2.56; 95% confidence interval, 1.05-6.23) and low food security (odds ratio = 4.41; 95% confidence interval, 1.58-12.23) were associated with overweight only in girls.The findings confirm the need for policies and programs to improve students' dietary quality and food security to improve their health as well as educational attainment. Future research is needed to explore further the association between food security and academic performance. |
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