Cross-Sectional Relationships Between Household Food Insecurity and Child BMI, Feeding Behaviors, and Public Assistance Utilization Among Head Start Children From Predominantly Hispanic and American Indian Communities in the CHILE Study

Jessica L. TrappmannDepartment of Individual, Family, and Community Education, Nutrition/Dietetics Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Elizabeth Yakes JimenezDepartment of Individual, Family, and Community Education, Nutrition/Dietetics Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA;Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Patricia C. KeanePrevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Deborah A. CohenDepartment of Individual, Family, and Community Education, Nutrition/Dietetics Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA;Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Sally M. DavisPrevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Abstract

Associations between food insecurity and overweight/obesity, feeding behaviors, and public food assistance utilization have been explored to a greater extent among adults and adolescents than among young children. This cross-sectional study examines a subset of pre-intervention implementation data (n = 347) among families participating in the Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) study conducted in rural New Mexico among predominantly Hispanic and American Indian Head Start centers. No significant relationships emerged between food insecurity and child overweight/obesity, certain feeding behaviors, or public food assistance utilization. Additional research is necessary to understand relationships between food insecurity and child overweight/obesity status, use of public assistance benefits, and certain feeding behaviors among rural preschool-aged children in predominantly Hispanic and American Indian communities.

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