Abstract
Abstract
Objective:
To examine associations between household food insecurity and children’s physical activity and sedentary behaviours.
Design:
Secondary analysis was conducted on the Healthy Communities Study, an observational study from 2013 to 2015. Household food insecurity was assessed by two items from the US Department of Agriculture’s 18-item US Household Food Security Survey Module. Physical activity was measured using the 7-d Physical Activity Behaviour Recall instrument. Data were analysed using multilevel statistical modelling.
Setting:
A total of 130 communities in the USA.
Participants:
In sum, 5138 US children aged 4–15 years.
Results:
No associations were found for the relationship between household food insecurity and child physical activity. A significant interaction between household food insecurity and child sex for sedentary behaviours was observed (P = 0·03).
Conclusions:
Additional research capturing a more detailed assessment of children’s experiences of food insecurity in relation to physical activity is warranted. Future studies may consider adopting qualitative study designs or utilising food insecurity measures that specifically target child-level food insecurity. Subsequent research may also seek to further explore sub-group analyses by sex.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Nutrition and Dietetics,Medicine (miscellaneous)
Reference42 articles.
1. Community‐level obesity prevention is not associated with dieting behaviours and weight dissatisfaction in children: The Healthy Communities Study
2. Household food insecurity is associated with higher adiposity among US schoolchildren ages 10–15 years: the healthy communities study;Au;J Nutr,2019
3. MICE: multivariate imputation by chained equations in R;van Buuren;J Stat Softw,2011
4. 30. US Department of Agriculture & Economic Research Services (2020) Survey Tools. US Department of Agriculture and Economic Research Services; available at https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/survey-tools/ (accessed April 2020).
Cited by
2 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献