Poverty is a persistent problem in the United States and worldwide. In 2005, approximately 50 million people, or roughly 17% of the population, lived on less income than 125% of the federal poverty level in the United States (US Census Bureau; http://www.census. gov). Children were the poorest age group in the country—17.6% of all Americans under 18 were poor in 2005. But a much higher 42.8% of...

BACKGROUND In vulnerable populations, food security in children has been found to be associated with negative health effects. Still, little is known about whether the negative health effects can be retrieved in children at the population level. OBJECTIVE To examine food insecurity reported by Greenlandic school children as a predictor for perceived health, physical symptoms and medicine use. ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether food insecurity--the inability to reliably afford safe and nutritious food--is associated with poor glycemic control and whether this association is mediated by difficulty following a healthy diet, diabetes self-efficacy, or emotional distress related to diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We used multivariable regression models to examine the association betw...

Food insecurity affected over 2.3 million Canadians in 2004. To date, the food security literature has not considered the potential impact of economic abuse on food security, but there are three ways in which these two important public health issues may be related: 1) victims of economic abuse are at risk of food insecurity when they are denied access to adequate financial resources; 2) the con...

IMPORTANCE Food insecurity is associated with adverse health outcomes and the emergency department may be an ideal location to identify food insecure children and families. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of food insecurity in families with children that present to an urban pediatric emergency department (ED) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. DESIGN We conducted a cross-sectional survey of car...

INTRODUCTION Food security remains to be one of the world's biggest problems and is found to be related to HIV/AIDS. The objective was to examine food insecurity in HIV/AIDS patients from Brasilia, Brazil. METHODS Short version of the Food Security Scale was applied to patients with HIV/AIDS. RESULTS A total of 103 patients participated (65 HIV+ and 38 with AIDS). Food insecurity was found ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to test the construct validity, internal consistency and convergent validity of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) in measuring household food insecurity in rural Tanzania, and to determine socio-economic characteristics associated with household food insecurity. DESIGN Key informant interviews and a cross-sectional survey were co...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence and identify the predictors of food insecurity among households in Los Angeles County with incomes below 300% of the federal poverty level. METHODS The Six-Item Short Form of the US Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Scale was used as part of a 1999 county-wide, population-based, telephone survey. RESULTS The prevalence of food insecurity...

Food insecurity is a worldwide problem and has been shown to contribute to poor health and nutritional outcomes. In Malaysia, poor dietary intake, overweight and obesity, diabetes mellitus, and hypercholesterolaemia have been reported to be more prevalent in females compared to males and in Indians compared to other ethnic groups. A cross-sectional study was designed to investigate the relation...

BACKGROUND Food insecurity is frequent in both developed and developing countries, affecting from 5% to 25% of the general population. It has considerable health impacts on the physical, social, and psychological status of individuals in communities suffering from food insecurity. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to document the epidemiologic features of food insecurity in the northwest re...