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| Title |
Food Insecurity and Children’s Mental Health: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0052615 |
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| Authors |
Maria Melchior, Jean-François Chastang, Bruno Falissard, Cédric Galéra, Richard E. Tremblay, Sylvana M. Côté, Michel Boivin |
| Abstract |
Food insecurity (which can be defined as inadequate access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets individuals' dietary needs) is concurrently associated with children's psychological difficulties. However, the predictive role of food insecurity with regard to specific types of children's mental health symptoms has not previously been studied. We used data from the Longitudinal Study of Child Development in Québec, LSCDQ, a representative birth cohort study of children born in the Québec region, in Canada, in 1997-1998 (n = 2120). Family food insecurity was ascertained when children were 1½ and 4½ years old. Children's mental health symptoms were assessed longitudinally using validated measures of behaviour at ages 4½, 5, 6 and 8 years. Symptom trajectory groups were estimated to identify children with persistently high levels of depression/anxiety (21.0%), aggression (26.2%), and hyperactivity/inattention (6.0%). The prevalence of food insecurity in the study was 5.9%. In sex-adjusted analyses, children from food-insecure families were disproportionately likely to experience persistent symptoms of depression/anxiety (OR: 1.79, 95% CI 1.15-2.79) and hyperactivity/inattention (OR: 3.06, 95% CI 1.68-5.55). After controlling for immigrant status, family structure, maternal age at child's birth, family income, maternal and paternal education, prenatal tobacco exposure, maternal and paternal depression and negative parenting, only persistent hyperactivity/inattention remained associated with food insecurity (fully adjusted OR: 2.65, 95% CI 1.16-6.06). Family food insecurity predicts high levels of children's mental health symptoms, particularly hyperactivity/inattention. Addressing food insecurity and associated problems in families could help reduce the burden of mental health problems in children and reduce social inequalities in development. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 17 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 35% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 29% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 4 | 24% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 65% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 29% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 392 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 386 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 68 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 44 | 11% |
| Researcher | 38 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 30 | 8% |
| Other | 62 | 16% |
| Unknown | 96 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 70 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 49 | 13% |
| Psychology | 47 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 42 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 5% |
| Other | 42 | 11% |
| Unknown | 123 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 April 2021.
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#1,226,693
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#15,496
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#10,120
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#299
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