Lauren A Maggio, Joseph A Costello, Anthony R Artino
Describing the Landscape of Medical Education Preprints on MedRxiv: Current Trends and Future Recommendations
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
background previous research identified food insecurity risk factor obesity studies employed crosssectional designs largely focused adults young children addition paucity studies examining association food insecurity changes childrens overall diet quality study aimed assess whether food insecurity associated subsequent changes diet quality bmi zscores 2 years among 7 12yearold children methods used 20112019 secondary data n 404 three randomized controlled trials minnesota food insecurity identified using us household food security survey module baseline time 0 diet quality determined using healthy eating index hei2015 24hour recalls bmi zscores calculated using measured height weight two outcomes measured time 0 time 1 1012 months time 0 time 2 1524 months time 0 results compared children foodsecure households foodinsecure households experienced 013 greater increase bmi zscores time 0 time 2 95 confidence interval ci 004 021 45 point increase hei2015 time 0 time 1 95 ci 099 801 conclusion household food insecurity may widen weight disparities among elementary schoolaged children studies needed identify role diet quality weight changes among children food insecurity clinical trial registration number nct01538615 nct02029976 nct02973815