The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Physical Inactivity

doi:10.1542/gr.33-1-9

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Source: To QG, Frongillo EA, Gallego D, et al. Household food insecurity is associated with less physical activity among children and adults in the U.S. population. J Nutr. 2014; 144( 11): 1797– 1802; doi: 10.3945/jn.114.198184OpenUrl Abstract/FREE Full Text

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Question: Among US children aged 6–18 years old, are those from food-insecure households less physically active than those from food-secure households?

Question type: Descriptive

Study design: Cross-sectional survey

Investigators from South Carolina and Australia analyzed data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) between 2003 and 2006 to investigate the relationship between household food insecurity and physical activity in people aged 6–65 years (the results from participants <18 years old are summarized here). Food insecurity was determined by ≥3 affirmative responses from an adult in a household with children aged <18 years on 8 US Household Food Security Survey Module items included in NHANES. Physical activity was measured by either accelerometry or questionnaire. For …

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