Food insufficiency exists in the United States: Results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
Food insufficiency exists in the United States: Results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.88.3.419
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发表时间：
1998-03-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Olson, CM
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作者：
Alaimo, K;Briefel, RR;Olson, CM
目标。本研究的目的是估计美国食物不足的普遍程度，并检查与食物不足有关的社会人口特征。数据分析来自第三次全国健康和营养检查调查，这是一个居住在家庭中的平民非机构人口的横截面代表性样本。如果一个家庭受访者报告说家庭有时或经常没有足够的食物吃，那么个人就被归类为“食物不足”。从1988年到1994年，食物不足的总体发生率为4.1%，主要与贫困状况有关。在低收入人群中，食物不足与墨西哥裔美国人、年龄在60岁以下、一家之主没有完成高中学业、参加食品券计划以及没有健康保险呈正相关。这与户主的家庭类型或就业状况无关。超过一半的食物不足的人生活在有工作的家庭。食物不足不仅限于非常低收入的人、特定的种族/族裔群体、家庭类型或失业者。了解食物不足对于制定营养计划和政策至关重要。
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of food insufficiency in the United States and to examine sociodemographic characteristics related to food insufficiency.Methods. Data were analyzed from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a cross-sectional representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population living in households. Individuals were classified as "food insufficient" if a family respondent reported that the family sometimes or often did not get enough food to eat.Results. From 1988 through 1994, the overall prevalence of food insufficiency was 4.1% and was primarily related to poverty status. In the low-income population, food insufficiency was positively associated with being Mexican American, being under the age of 60, having a family head who had not completed high school, participating in the Food Stamp Program, and not having health insurance. It was not related to family type or employment status of the family head. Over half of food-insufficient individuals lived in employed families.Conclusions. Food insufficiency is not limited to very low-income persons, specific racial/ethnic groups, family types, or the unemployed. Understanding food insufficiency is critical to formulating nutrition programs and policies.