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They hoard snacks and food. They bully others or behave badly. They have a poor attention span, memory or trouble concentrating. They are hyperactive or impulsive. They show aggressive or antisocial behavior. You may have noticed a child you know showing some or all these signs.
For children, food insecurity can lead to malnourishment, unwanted weight gain, and even obesity. Food insecurity also can contribute to other physical and mental health problems among children, such as depression and anxiety, diabetes, asthma, poor oral health, fatigue, and headaches.
Food insecurity is an important public health problem facing children in the United States. Although a number of previous studies suggest that food insecurity has negative impacts on health, these studies have not dealt thoroughly with issues of selection bias.
Unfortunately, 1 in 7 U.S. children lives in a household struggling against food insecurity. Pediatricians can play a critical role in addressing food insecurity, a health-related unmet social need with harmful impacts on child health, development, and well-being.
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Food Insecurity. Unfortunately, 1 in 7 U.S. children lives in a household with food insecurity. Being unable to afford or obtain nutritional food has become a broader issue impacting urban, suburban, and rural areas alike. Food insecurity can lead to stress and anxiety within families.
Drs. Erin Hager and Anna Quigg and the Children’s HealthWatch team developed the Hunger Vital Sign, a 2-question screening tool based on the US Household Food Security Scale to identify young children in households at risk of food insecurity.
Children who endure inadequate nutrition and food insecurity during childhood can experience poor health outcomes with lifelong impacts. Not only can poor nutrition and food insecurity contribute to poor physical health, but the stressors related to food insecurity can also impact children’s social, emotional and mental health
One in eight U.S. households with children, approximately 12.5%, could not buy enough food for their families in 2021, considerably higher than the rate for households without children (9.4%). Black (19.8%) and Latinx (16.25%) households are disproportionately impacted by food insecurity, with food insecurity rates in 2021 triple and double the ...
Children are experiencing food insecurity if at least two of the eight child-centered questions are answered in the affirmative, and very low food security if five or more such questions are answered positively.