Food Insufficiency and Mental Health in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor: Sheri D. Weiser, Jason M. Nagata, Henry J. Whittle, Jonathan Chu, Kyle T. Ganson, Alexander C. Tsai, Orlando O. Harris
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Epidemiology
Ethnic group
01 natural sciences
Medical and Health Sciences
Article
Food Supply
Education
03 medical and health sciences
symbols.namesake
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Environmental health
Surveys and Questionnaires
Pandemic
Behavioral and Social Science
Prevalence
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Poisson regression
0101 mathematics
Food insufficiency
Pandemics
Poverty
business.industry
Mental Disorders
Prevention
010102 general mathematics
digestive
oral
and skin physiology
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
Middle Aged
Mental illness
medicine.disease
Mental health
United States
Brain Disorders
Food Insecurity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Mental Health
Socioeconomic Factors
symbols
Female
Public Health
business
Zdroj: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
American journal of preventive medicine, vol 60, iss 4
Am J Prev Med
ISSN: 0749-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.12.004
Popis: INTRODUCTION: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the rates of food insecurity and mental illness have been projected to increase in the U.S. owing to significant social and economic disruption. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of food insufficiency (often the most extreme form of food insecurity), the correlates of food insufficiency, and the associations between food insufficiency and symptoms of poor mental health in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Cross-sectional data from 63,674 participants of the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey were collected and analyzed in 2020. Multiple Poisson regression models were used to estimate associations with food insufficiency. RESULTS: Food insufficiency rose from 8.1% to 10.0% from March to June 2020. Factors associated with food insufficiency included lower age, Black/African American or Latinx race/ethnicity, being unmarried, larger household size, recent employment loss, income below the federal poverty line, and lower education (all p
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