Food Insecurity and Pediatric Obesity: a Double Whammy in the Era of COVID-19

Autor: June M. Tester, Lisa G. Rosas, Cindy W. Leung
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Pediatric Obesity
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Adolescent
Vulnerability
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Childhood Obesity (A Kelly and C Fox
Section Editor)
Stress
Cardiovascular
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Vulnerable Populations
Basic Behavioral and Social Science
Oral and gastrointestinal
03 medical and health sciences
Eating
0302 clinical medicine
Clinical Research
Environmental health
Pandemic
Behavioral and Social Science
medicine
Humans
Obesity
Child
Poverty
COVID
Nutrition
Pediatric
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Food insecurity
Prevention
digestive
oral
and skin physiology
COVID-19
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Clinical Practice
Screening
Psychological
Food Assistance
Psychology
Digestive Diseases
Stress
Psychological
Zdroj: Current Obesity Reports
Current obesity reports, vol 9, iss 4
ISSN: 2162-4968
DOI: 10.1007/s13679-020-00413-x
Popis: Purpose of Review This review examines the current evidence about the ways in which food insecurity relates to obesity in children and adolescents, examining diet and diet-related behaviors, and taking into consideration the role of stress. Recent Findings While living with food insecurity impacts stress and diet-related behaviors in children and adolescents, it is not clear whether food insecurity is associated with obesity above and beyond the influence of poverty. However, strategies to mitigate food insecurity and obesity are inherently connected, and recent examples from clinical practice (e.g., screening for food insecurity among patients) and advocacy (e.g., policy considerations regarding federal food programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) are discussed. Summary Food insecurity and obesity coexist in low-income children and adolescents in the USA. The COVID-19 pandemic exerts disproportionate burden on low-income children and families, magnifying their vulnerability to both food insecurity and pediatric obesity.
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