作者
Sajjad Moradi, Atieh Mirzababaei, Hamed Mohammadi, Seyedeh Parisa Moosavian, Arman Arab, Behrooz Jannat, Khadijeh Mirzaei
发表日期
2019/6/1
来源
Nutrition
卷号
62
页码范围
52-60
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Objectives
This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to examine the association between household food insecurity and the risk of being underweight, stunting, and wasting in children and adolescents.
Methods
Pertinent studies were identified by searching PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases up to June 2018. A total of 21 studies met the inclusion criteria to be included in the pooled analysis. The risk ratio of 55 173 individuals from 12 different countries were pooled in these studies for our meta-analysis.
Results
It was found that food insecurity increased the risk of stunting (odds ratio [OR] = 1.17; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.09–1.25) and underweight (OR = 1.17; 95% CI: 1.01–1.36) but not of wasting (OR = 1.04; 95% CI: 0.96–1.12). Subgroup analysis by age indicated that food insecurity increased the risk of stunting (OR = 1.20; 95% CI: 1.02–1.39) and underweight (OR …
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