Journal
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 52, Issue 8, Pages 796-800Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2020.03.006
Keywords
pregnancy; infant; food insecurity; sugar-sweetened beverages; drinking behavior
Funding
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) New Connections Grants through Healthy Eating Research Program (RWJF) [74198]
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health [K23DK115682, K01DK114383]
- RWJF Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (RWJF) [74252]
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Objective: Determine the association between household food insecurity and habitual sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption among Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)-enrolled families during the first 1,000 days. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of pregnant women and mothers of infants aged under 2 years in the WIC was performed. Families recruited sequentially at consecutive visits completed food insecurity and beverage intake questionnaires; estimated logistic regression models controlled for sociodemographic characteristics. Results: Of 394 Hispanic/Latino mothers and 281 infants, 63% had household food insecurity. Food insecurity significantly increased odds of habitual maternal (unadjusted odds ratio (OR), 2.39; 95% CI, 1.27 -4.47; P=.01) and infant SSB consumption (OR, 2.05; 95% CI, 1.15-3.65; P=.02), and the relationship was not attenuated by maternal age, education, or foreign-born status. Conclusions and Implications: Food insecurity increased odds of habitual SSB consumption in WIC families. Interventions to curb SSB consumption among WIC-enrolled families in the first 1,000 days in the context of household food insecurity are needed.
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