Food Security

 

Food security and diabetes

Diabetes requires close dietary control. Diabetes is expensive.

20.6% FI in Stacey's diabetes children

 

FI paients more likely to have all sorts of chronic disease and mental health problems

Sullivan et al, J of EM, 2009

 

Children and Food Insecurity

 

In food-insecure families, childrens are more likely to

Child hunger assessment

Children who were food insecure (Alimo et al, Pediatrics 2001)

Children with hunger have low birth weight, poor health status, more likely depressed, etc Weinreb et al, Pediatrics, 2002

 

OR 2.4 for iron deficiency anemia in FI households (Skalicky et al, Mat and Child Health, 2006)

Jyoti et al, J. Nutrition, 2005 - FI predicted imapired reading and math skills over all, and poor social skills for boys

behavour problems (Whitaker et al, Peds, 2006)

 

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