Food Insecurity Among Low-Income Hispanics in Hartford, Connecticut: Implications for Public Health Policy

Himmelgreen, David; Pérez‐Escamilla, Rafael; Segura‐Millán, Sofia; Peng, Yu-Kuei; González, Anir; Singer, Merrill; Ferris, Ann M.

doi:10.17730/humo.59.3.76557m317748l414

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“…Nevertheless, a direct validity test for Korean population seemed to be desirable. Compared to other research on food insecurity (Kendall et al, 1996;Himmelgreen et al, 2000;Matheson et al, 2002), our study showed a larger adult food insecure (or mildly food insecure) group and, in turn, a smaller household food insecure group owing to a higher percentage (50%) of affirmative response to the item on child food quality ('I cannot give my child(ren) a balanced meal because I cannot afford that'). The child food quality item was not included in the Indonesian survey on food insecurity, which also adapted the Radmir/Cornell Scale.…”

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“…In the present study, approximately two-thirds of the households were in food insecure. Among low-income Hispanics living in an inner city of the US, a similar proportion of food insecure households was reported (Himmelgreen et al, 2000). Considering the fact that 46% of the households were under the social welfare program targeted to underprivileged households with income levels under the bottom 5.2% in Korea (Department of Basic Livelihood Welfare, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2000), the poor household food situation found in this study was not surprising.…”

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Food insecurity is associated with dietary intake and body size of Korean children from low-income families in urban areas

2003

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objective: This study examined household food insecurity of urban low-income families in Korea and the associations of the food insecurity with children's dietary intake and body size. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Low-income neighborhoods in large cities. Subjects: Included 370 children aged 4-12 y, who had all records on dietary intake and anthropometry as well as household food insecurity measures. Results: Using the 10-item Radimer/Cornell Scale, 62.7% of the households showed some degree of food insecurity (8.6% for food insecure for family, 28.4% for food insecure for adults and 25.7% for child hunger households). Food insecurity was linearly and negatively associated with household economic conditions as well as the caretaker's use of nutrition knowledge. There were also significant associations of food insecurity with the children's dietary intakes, indicating the largest amount of nutrients for the children from the household food insecure, followed by those from the food secure, adult food insecure and child hunger groups. The household food insecure children were fatter than the food secure children. The fatter condition of the former children appeared to be related to more frequent intakes of low-quality foods.

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Food insecurity is associated with dietary intake and body size of Korean children from low-income families in urban areas

2003

Eur J Clin Nutr

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“…For example, Himmelgreen et al (2000) showed that the Radimer-Cornell tool was a valid measure of food insecurity among Latino populations in Connecticut, and Frongillo and Wolfe (2003) have used anthropological techniques to push for new ways of measuring food insecurity among elderly populations in the United States.…”

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“…Several important edited volumes and review articles provided insights into the adaptability of households in the face of food insufficiency and its implications for nutritional wellbeing (Dirks, 1980;de Garine and Harrison, 1988;Huss-Ashmore, 1988;Huss-Ashmore and Katz, 1989;Cashdan, 1990;Messer and Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Program, 1990;Shipton, 1990;Pottier, 1999). In the late 1990s and early 2000s, paralleling a period of expanding interest in the measurement of food insecurity, biological anthropologists took up the construct of food insecurity and began to explore the causes and consequences of food insecurity among diverse populations in the United States and elsewhere (e.g., Himmelgreen et al, 2000). More recently, anthropologists, including biological anthropologists, have become concerned with global processes that bring new challenges to food security and wellbeing for both rural and urban populations (Himmelgreen, 2010).…”

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Coping and the biosocial consequences of food insecurity in the 21st century

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Crooks

2012

American J Phys Anthropol

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Food security occurs when all members of a household have reliable access to food in sufficient quantity and quality to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle. Given the important biological and social value of food for humans, food and food sufficiency have been traditional topics of study among biological anthropologists. The focus on food insecurity, however, has emerged within the past two decades and recent global events, including the food crisis of 2007/2008, have led to renewed interests in the topic of food insecurity and wellbeing. Here, we review current and novel threats to food security, current thinking on measurement and definitions, and then outline a model that links food insecurity to coping strategies and then to health outcomes. We suggest that coping strategies are typically context-specific and can be food and nonfood based. We further suggest that coping strategies may impact health quite broadly, not just through nutritional pathways. We then review available data on the relationship between food insecurity and nutritional status, chronic diseases, infectious diseases, and mental health. Our review highlights the far reaching consequences of food insecurity for human wellbeing but also the considerable variability in its effect and our limited empirical knowledge of the pathways through which food insecurity impacts health. We conclude by offering thoughts on how biological anthropologists might contribute to growing our understanding of food insecurity and human health and wellbeing. Yrbk Phys Anthropol 55:72-94, 2012. V

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“…Indeed, studies among low-income populations and migrant populations have generally shown levels of food insecurity and hunger that surpass the national average 2,[7][8][9][10] , suggesting that uncertain access to food may contribute to the social production of health inequalities.…”

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Hunger and health among undocumented Mexican migrants in a US urban area

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Galea

Nandi

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Public Health Nutr.

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Objectives: To measure the occurrence and correlates of hunger and to evaluate the association between hunger and three health indicators among undocumented Mexican immigrants. Design: Non-probability cross-sectional sample. Setting: Neighbourhoods within New York City. Subjects: Four hundred and thirty-one undocumented Mexican immigrants living in the USA. Results: Hunger was indicated by approximately 28% of respondents. In a multivariate model, working as a day labourer was associated with hunger (odds ratio (OR) 3.33, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.83-6.06) while receiving public assistance protected against hunger (OR 0.23, 95% CI 0.06-0.88). In multivariate models, respondents who reported experiencing hunger also reported poorer overall health (OR 1.69, 95% CI 0.95-3.02) and more days of poor mental (P 5 0.045) and physical health (P , 0

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Food Insecurity Among Low-Income Hispanics in Hartford, Connecticut: Implications for Public Health Policy

Cited by 46 publications

References 13 publications

Food insecurity is associated with dietary intake and body size of Korean children from low-income families in urban areas

Food insecurity is associated with dietary intake and body size of Korean children from low-income families in urban areas

Coping and the biosocial consequences of food insecurity in the 21st century

Hunger and health among undocumented Mexican migrants in a US urban area

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