Food Insecurity Is Associated with Diarrhea, Respiratory Illness, and Stunting but Not Underweight or Obesity in Low-Resource New Delhi Households

Abstract:

We conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate the association between household food insecurity (HFI) and prevalence of underweight, stunting, diarrhea and respiratory illness (RI) in school-age children in New Delhi, India. Mothers of 191 children aged 8–12 years were interviewed to collect HFI data using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale. Moderate-severe HFI was identified in 43.6% of the households. The odds for diarrhea, RI and stunting were increased by 4.7, 3.3 and 2.3 times respectively in food insecure children than food secure counterparts. HFI was not associated with underweight. There is an urgent need for effective strategies to mitigate HFI.

Año de publicación:

2021

Keywords:

• respiratory illness
• Stunting
• Household food insecurity
• diarrhea
• school-age children
• FIES

Fuente:

scopus