[HTML][HTML] Poverty and obesity: the role of energy density and energy costs

A Drewnowski, SE Specter - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2004 - Elsevier
Many health disparities in the United States are linked to inequalities in education and
income. This review focuses on the relation between obesity and diet quality, dietary energy …

Breakfast habits, nutritional status, body weight, and academic performance in children and adolescents

GC Rampersaud, MA Pereira, BL Girard… - Journal of the american …, 2005 - Elsevier
Breakfast has been labeled the most important meal of the day, but are there data to support
this claim? We summarized the results of 47 studies examining the association of breakfast …

Status of cardiovascular health in US adults and children using the American Heart Association's new “Life's Essential 8” metrics: prevalence estimates from the …

DM Lloyd-Jones, H Ning, D Labarthe, LP Brewer… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The American Heart Association recently published an updated algorithm for
quantifying cardiovascular health (CVH)—the Life's Essential 8 score. We quantified US …

The structural roots of food insecurity: How racism is a fundamental cause of food insecurity

S Bowen, S Elliott, A Hardison‐Moody - Sociology Compass, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rates of food insecurity skyrocketed during the COVID‐19 pandemic, doubling overall and
tripling among households with children. Even before the pandemic, the rate of food …

The unmet health care needs of homeless adults: a national study

TP Baggett, JJ O'Connell… - American journal of …, 2010 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We assessed the prevalence and predictors of past-year unmet needs for 5
types of health care services in a national sample of homeless adults. Methods. We …

Food insufficiency and American school-aged children's cognitive, academic, and psychosocial development

K Alaimo, CM Olson, EA Frongillo Jr - Pediatrics, 2001 - publications.aap.org
Objective. This study investigates associations between food insufficiency and cognitive,
academic, and psychosocial outcomes for US children and teenagers ages 6 to 11 and 12 to …

How much does the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reduce food insecurity?

C Ratcliffe, SM McKernan… - American journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Nearly 15% of all US households and 40% of near‐poor households were food insecure in
2009. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the cornerstone of federal …

[PDF][PDF] Unemployment insurance, health-related social needs, health care access, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

SA Berkowitz, S Basu - JAMA internal medicine, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| This cross-sectional study used data from the repeated cross-sectional Household
Pulse Survey (https://www. census. gov/householdpulsedata) collected from June 11 to July …

The food insecurity–obesity paradox: a review of the literature and the role food stamps may play

LM Dinour, D Bergen, MC Yeh - Journal of the American Dietetic …, 2007 - Elsevier
During the past decade, rates of food insecurity and obesity have risen, and an association
has been made between these two seemingly paradoxical states. Although this relationship …

[HTML][HTML] Household food insufficiency is associated with poorer health

NT Vozoris, VS Tarasuk - The Journal of nutrition, 2003 - Elsevier
The purposes of this study were to estimate the prevalence of household food insufficiency
in Canada, to identify sociodemographic characteristics of households most likely to report …