Poverty, food insecurity, and nutritional outcomes in children and adults
Poverty, food insecurity, and nutritional outcomes in children and adults
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.12.008
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发表时间：
2004-07-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Haider, S
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作者：
Bhattacharya, J;Currie, J;Haider, S
利用国家健康和营养检查调查的数据，我们研究了不同年龄段家庭成员的营养状况、贫困和食物不安全之间的关系。我们最引人注目的结果是，尽管贫困预示着学龄前儿童营养不良，但粮食不安全并不能为这一年龄段的儿童提供任何额外的预测能力。在学龄儿童中，贫穷或粮食不安全与营养结果无关，而在成年人和老年人中，粮食不安全和贫困都是可预测的。这些结果表明，研究人员应该谨慎地假设粮食不安全和营养结果之间的联系，特别是在儿童中。(C)2004爱思唯尔B.V.保留所有权利。
Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we examine the relationship between nutritional status, poverty, and food insecurity for household members of various ages. Our most striking result is that, while poverty is predictive of poor nutrition among preschool children, food insecurity does not provide any additional predictive power for this age group. Among school age children, neither poverty nor food insecurity is associated with nutritional outcomes, while among adults and the elderly, both food insecurity and poverty are predictive. These results suggest that researchers should be cautious about assuming connections between food insecurity and nutritional outcomes, particularly among children. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.