| Food and nutrition insecurity: a marker of vulnerability to asthma symptoms. | |
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PMID: 23332100 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between food and nutrition insecurity and asthma in children from Latin America. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: São Francisco do Conde, Bahia, north-eastern Brazil. SUBJECTS: The study included 1307 children aged 6-12 years from public elementary schools. Asthma symptoms were collected using a questionnaire that was translated and adapted from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood, phase III. The diagnosis of asthma was determined based on reports of wheezing in the previous 12 months. The Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale was used to identify food insecurity. We also obtained demographic, socio-economic and anthropometric information for each participant. We used multivariate logistic regression analyses to assess the associations of interest. RESULTS: Of the children surveyed, 10·4 % had a history of wheezing and 64·5 % had some degree of food and nutrition insecurity. We found a positive dose-response relationship and statistically significant associations of asthma with moderate (OR = 1·71, 95 % CI 1·01, 2·89) and severe (OR = 2·51, 95 % CI 1·28, 4·93) food and nutrition insecurity. CONCLUSIONS: The results show that moderate and severe food and nutrition insecurity are markers of vulnerability to wheezing. It is important to note that the results of studies in this field have potential implications for social policies that promote food security. Further studies to identify the mechanisms involved in the relationship between food and nutrition insecurity and asthma are needed. |
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Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva; Ana Marlúcia Oliveira-Assis; Samuel Badaró Junqueira; Rosemeire Leovigildo Fiaccone; Sandra Maria Chaves Dos Santos; Maurício Lima Barreto; Elizabete de Jesus Pinto; Luce Alves da Silva; Laura Cunha Rodrigues; Neuza Maria Alcantara-Neves |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2013-1-21 |
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Title: Public health nutrition Volume: - ISSN: 1475-2727 ISO Abbreviation: Public Health Nutr Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-1-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9808463 Medline TA: Public Health Nutr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-6 Citation Subset: - |
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1 Departamento Ciência da Nutrição, Escola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. |
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