Evidence supports link between food insecurity, obesity in some groups of children

Researchers said they found a potential link between food insecurity and increases in BMI in certain groups — particularly among infants, preschoolers and elementary and middle school students.
From 2017 to 2018, approximately 20% of U.S. children aged 2 to 19 years were estimated to have obesity, a prevalence that has increased by nearly 40% over the past 20 years.
Study co-author Christine St. Pierre, MPH, RDN, a researcher at George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, said in a Healio interview that the study was prompted by pediatric BMI increases and food

Researchers said they found a potential link between food insecurity and increases in BMI in certain groups — particularly among infants, preschoolers and elementary and middle school students.
From 2017 to 2018, approximately 20% of U.S. children aged 2 to 19 years were estimated to have obesity, a prevalence that has increased by nearly 40% over the past 20 years.
Study co-author Christine St. Pierre, MPH, RDN, a researcher at George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, said in a Healio interview that the study was prompted by pediatric BMI increases and food