Food insufficiency, family income, and health in US preschool and school-aged children
Food insufficiency, family income, and health in US preschool and school-aged children
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.91.5.781
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发表时间：
2001-05-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Briefel, RR
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作者：
Alaimo, K;Olson, CM;Briefel, RR
目标.本研究调查了美国学龄前和学龄儿童的家庭收入、食物不足和健康之间的关系。分析了第三次全国健康与营养调查的数据。儿童被归类为食物不足，如果家庭受访者报告说，家庭有时或经常没有得到足够的食物猫。回归分析进行了健康措施作为结果变量。按家庭收入类别比较健康变量的患病率，并控制年龄和性别。控制家庭收入和其他潜在的混杂因素，计算食物不足的比值比。低收入儿童的健康状况差/一般和缺铁的患病率高于高收入儿童。在包括贫困状况在内的混杂因素得到控制后，食物不足的儿童比食物充足的儿童更有可能出现更差的健康状况，并且更频繁地经历胃痛和头痛;学龄前食物不足的儿童更频繁地感冒。食物不足和低家庭收入是美国学龄前和学龄儿童的健康问题。
Objectives. This study investigated associations between family income, food insufficiency, and health among US preschool and school-aged children.Methods. Data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. Children were classified as food insufficient if the family respondent reported that the family sometimes or often did not get enough food to cat. Regression analyses were conducted with health measures as the outcome variables. Prevalence rates of health variables were compared by family income category, with control for age and gender. Odds ratios for food insufficiency were calculated with control for family income and other potential confounding factors.Results. Low-income children had a higher prevalence of poor/fair health status and iron deficiency than high-income children. After confounding factors, including poverty status, had been controlled, food- insufficient children were significantly more likely to have poorer health status and to experience more frequent stomachaches and headaches than food-sufficient children; preschool food-insufficient children had more frequent colds.Conclusions. Food insufficiency and low family income are health concerns for US preschool and school-aged children.