Obesity is a multifaceted chronic condition with several contributing causes, including
biological risk factors, socioeconomic status, health literacy, and numerous environmental …

One in seven American households experience food insecurity at times during the year, lack
of money and other resources hinder their ability to maintain consistent access to nutritious …

Integrative explanations of why obesity is more prevalent in some sectors of the human
population than others are lacking. Here, we outline and evaluate one candidate …

CONTEXT: Food insecurity disproportionately affects US demographic groups of children
and adult family members at the highest risk for obesity and may lead to weight gain through …

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether food insecurity is associated with past-year DSM-IV
mental disorders after controlling for standard indicators of family socioeconomic status …

The home food environment can be conceptualized as overlapping interactive domains
composed of built and natural, sociocultural, political and economic, micro-level and macro …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which the 2007 definitions for severe obesity (body
mass index [BMI]≥ 99th percentile for age and gender) and morbid obesity (BMI≥ 40kg/m2) …

Purpose Research into the relationship between food insecurity and weight abnormality has
yielded varied and contradictory results. Therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis …

BACKGROUND: Household food insecurity is positively associated with weight among
women. The association between household food insecurity and pregnancy-related weight …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of the current intakes of fruits and vegetables compared
to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in US children and adolescents and identify factors …