Alexandra Costa, Marion M Hetherington, Andreia Oliveira
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the association between food insecurity at age 10 and appetitive traits at age 13.
Methods: The analysis included a subsample of participants from the Generation XXI birth cohort with available data on the variable of interest. Household food security status was assessed using the US Household Food Security Survey Module, completed by the primary caregiver. In addition, children's perceptions of food security at age 10 were evaluated using the Self-Administered Food Security Survey Module. Appetitive traits were assessed at age 13 by the Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Linear regression models, adjusted for socio-demographic variables, estimated the associations between food insecurity and appetitive traits (n = 2495).
Results: At age 10, 5.8% of participants lived in food-insecure households. These participants showed greater responsiveness to food ( = 0.27, 95% CI 0.13, 0.42), enjoyed foods more ( = 0.22, 95% CI 0.08, 0.35), had a higher desire to drink ( = 0.26, 95% CI 0.14, 0.37), and more emotional overeating ( = 0.28, 95% CI 0.15, 0.41) and emotional undereating ( = 0.15, 95% CI 0.01, 0.28) 3 years later compared to those from food-Secure households. Analysis using child-reported perceived food security status showed similar relationships, except for emotional undereating, where there was no significant association.
Discussion: Experience of food insecurity in childhood was associated with increased food approach appetitive traits at age 13, reflecting amplification of an avid appetite phenotype and acquisition of emotional eating. These results highlight food insecurity's potential long-term health consequences during critical developmental periods.
Public significance statement: Children who experienced food insecurity at age 10 showed a stronger response to food, a greater interest in eating, and a tendency to eat in response to negative emotions by age 13. These behaviors are known to increase the risk of obesity. Early food insecurity can have long-lasting effects on children's health and eating behaviors.
目的：评价10岁儿童食物不安全与13岁儿童食欲特征的关系。方法：分析包括来自21代出生队列的参与者的子样本，并提供有关感兴趣变量的可用数据。使用美国家庭食品安全调查模块评估家庭食品安全状况，由主要照顾者完成。此外，使用自我管理的粮食安全调查模块评估了10岁儿童对粮食安全的看法。在13岁时通过儿童饮食行为问卷评估食欲特征。线性回归模型，调整了社会人口变量，估计了粮食不安全和食欲特征之间的关系（n = 2495）。结果：10岁时，5.8% of participants lived in food-insecure households. These participants showed greater responsiveness to food ( β ̂ $$ \hat{\beta} $$ = 0.27, 95% CI 0.13, 0.42), enjoyed foods more ( β ̂ $$ \hat{\beta} $$ = 0.22, 95% CI 0.08, 0.35), had a higher desire to drink ( β ̂ $$ \hat{\beta} $$ = 0.26, 95% CI 0.14, 0.37), and more emotional overeating ( β ̂ $$ \hat{\beta} $$ = 0.28, 95% CI 0.15, 0.41) and emotional undereating ( β ̂ $$ \hat{\beta} $$ = 0.15, 95% CI 0.01, 0.28) 3 years later compared to those from food-Secure households. Analysis using child-reported perceived food security status showed similar relationships, except for emotional undereating, where there was no significant association.Discussion: Experience of food insecurity in childhood was associated with increased food approach appetitive traits at age 13, reflecting amplification of an avid appetite phenotype and acquisition of emotional eating. These results highlight food insecurity's potential long-term health consequences during critical developmental periods.Public significance statement: Children who experienced food insecurity at age 10 showed a stronger response to food, a greater interest in eating, and a tendency to eat in response to negative emotions by age 13. These behaviors are known to increase the risk of obesity. Early food insecurity can have long-lasting effects on children's health and eating behaviors.
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Articles featured in the journal describe state-of-the-art scientific research on theory, methodology, etiology, clinical practice, and policy related to eating disorders, as well as contributions that facilitate scholarly critique and discussion of science and practice in the field. Theoretical and empirical work on obesity or healthy eating falls within the journal’s scope inasmuch as it facilitates the advancement of efforts to describe and understand, prevent, or treat eating disorders. IJED welcomes submissions from all regions of the world and representing all levels of inquiry (including basic science, clinical trials, implementation research, and dissemination studies), and across a full range of scientific methods, disciplines, and approaches.
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