Food Insecurity Is Not Associated with Childhood Obesity as Assessed Using Multiple Measures of Obesity

2009/04/30 by Craig Gundersen, Steven Garasky, Brenda J. Lohman · 148 citations
Health Professions · Medicine · #Body mass index #Childhood obesity #Demography #Endocrinology #Environmental health #Ethnic group #Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations #Food insecurity #Food security #Geography #Gerontology #Homelessness and Social Issues #Logistic regression #Medicine #Obesity #Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet #Overweight #Political science #Poverty #Sociology #Waist

paper · pdf · doi:10.3945/jn.109.105361

published in Journal of Nutrition 139(6), 1173-1178 (Elsevier BV)

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