Food Insecurity and Child Health

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 144; no. 4
• Main Authors: Thomas, Margaret M C, Miller, Daniel P, Morrissey, Taryn W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Academy of Pediatrics 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Acute Disease - epidemiology; Adolescent; Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Childrens health; Chronic Disease - epidemiology; Chronic Disease - prevention & control; Depression - epidemiology; Diabetes mellitus; Emergency medical services; Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Food; Food security; Food Supply - statistics & numerical data; Health care; Health problems; Health Services Accessibility; Health Status Indicators; Humans; Pediatrics; Poultry; Propensity Score; Public health; Skin Diseases - epidemiology; United States - epidemiology; United States

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. We use propensity scoring techniques t...