F Karpouzis, R Lindberg, A Walsh, S Shah, G Abbott, K Ball
Impact and process evaluation of a primary-school Food Education and Sustainability Training (FEAST) program in 10-12-year-old children in Australia: pragmatic cluster non-randomized controlled trial
BMC public health
household food insecurity necessarily equally experienced household members mothers often changing intake first food resources limited purpose study understand association maternal mental health intrahousehold differences food security statuses crosssectional survey administered virginia mothers low income augustoctober 2021 assessing validated measures food security mental physical health related factors participants n 570 grouped according food security status adults children within household linear regression used assess outcomes interest group controlled key demographic variables mothers households food insecurity reported worse overall mental health used 34 food coping strategies households experiencing food security p 005 mothers households adults experienced food insecurity reported significantly greater anxiety depressive symptoms 615 581 respectively compared households experiencing food security 557 524 p 0001 experience household food insecurity associated worse maternal mental health differences withinhousehold food security status future research explore screening measures capture specific household members food security connect households available resources