Food insecurity, stressful life events and symptoms of anxiety and depression in east Africa: evidence from the Gilgel Gibe growth and development study

Hadley, Craig; Tegegn, Ayalew; Tessema, Fasil; Cowan, John A.; Asefa, Makonnen; Galea, Sandro

doi:10.1136/jech.2007.068460

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“…That food insecurity and excess body weight caused women to feel discouraged is consistent with prior findings that women with food insecurity show high levels of depressive symptoms, [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] with concern, worries, and anxiety about food availability and access. [33][34][35][36] Negative impacts of food insecurity on mental health have been documented mostly among women, with less evidence among men.…”

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Primary Role of Discouragement in Coexistence of Food Insecurity and Excess Weight in Costa Rican Women

Martínez-Jaikel

Frongillo

2016

Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

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Food insecurity coexists with excess weight in women in many countries, but why this occurs is not well understood. We aimed to understand why and how food insecurity and excess weight coexist. Two discussion groups, 5 focus groups, 7 indepth interviews, and 2 member-checking sessions with 28 women in Costa Rica were conducted. The majority of these women felt discouraged. Discouragement resulted in anxiety. Anxiety leads these women to eat foods that are sweet and high in carbohydrates and energy. After eating, they felt remorse and shame, and these feelings led them to feel more discouraged. Discouragement is the primary link for the coexistence of food insecurity and excess weight. These results can inform future interventions with food insecure women.

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Primary Role of Discouragement in Coexistence of Food Insecurity and Excess Weight in Costa Rican Women

Martínez-Jaikel

Frongillo

2016

Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

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“…Study populations range from representative samples of the USA and EU states [14][15][16][17], to large samples with civil servants from the UK and Brazil [10,18 & ,19], to children and adolescents [20 & , 21-23], to middle-aged and elderly populations [24][25][26][27][28][29], to ethnically diverse samples [8,30,31], to populations from developing countries [32][33][34][35], to immigrants [36][37][38], to pregnant women [39] and different clinical samples [40][41][42][43][44][45]. Findings from these studies indicate that lower SSS is related to several health indicators and risk factors for disease, including lower self-rated health, depressive symptoms, higher substance use, impaired sleep quality, functional decline, poor healthcare, food insecurity, poor oral health, biological risk factors, respiratory illness, reduced cardiovascular health, diabetes and mortality.…”

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Subjective social status and health

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2014

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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SSS is a comprehensive measure of one's social position that is related to several poor health outcomes and risk factors for disease. Future investigation, particularly prospective studies, should extend research on SSS and health to further countries/ethnic groups, also considering additional psychological and biological mediators and dynamic aspects of SSS. Recently developed experimental approaches to manipulate SSS may also be promising.

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“…Similar findings have been reported in African and Indian settings (11) . We have shown elsewhere that household food insecurity in this rural Ethiopian sample is associated with maternal and paternal symptoms of anxiety and depression (12) . The finding that food insecurity is associated with symptoms of mental disorders is consistent with a wealth of anthropological data (13) , as well as with studies from high-income countries (14) .…”

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Food insecurity, childhood illness and maternal emotional distress in Ethiopia

Anderson

Tegegn

Tessema

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Objective: The relationship between food insecurity, maternal emotional distress and childhood morbidity in resource-poor settings is not well clarified. The present study aimed to assess independent associations between household food insecurity and childhood morbidity and potential modifications by maternal emotional distress. Design: A cross-sectional survey. A food security scale was used to assess household food insecurity; maternal reports were used to assess recent childhood illness; and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist was used to assess symptoms of emotional distress among mothers. Setting: The Oromia Region, Ethiopia (rural area). Subjects: A total of 936 mother-child pairs. Results: Of 936 children assessed, 22?4 % had experienced diarrhoea, 20?7 % had cough and 21?5 % had fever in the 2 weeks preceding the interview. Household food insecurity was reported by 39 % of mothers. Greater food insecurity and greater maternal emotional distress were each independently associated with higher

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Food insecurity, stressful life events and symptoms of anxiety and depression in east Africa: evidence from the Gilgel Gibe growth and development study

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Cited by 136 publications

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Primary Role of Discouragement in Coexistence of Food Insecurity and Excess Weight in Costa Rican Women

Primary Role of Discouragement in Coexistence of Food Insecurity and Excess Weight in Costa Rican Women

Subjective social status and health

Food insecurity, childhood illness and maternal emotional distress in Ethiopia

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