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Food insecurity is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle score in middle- and older-aged adults: findings from the EPIPorto cohort

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  • Isabel Maia

    (Universidade do Porto
    Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR))

  • Andreia Oliveira

    (Universidade do Porto
    Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR)
    Universidade do Porto)

  • Ana Cristina Santos

    (Universidade do Porto
    Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR)
    Universidade do Porto)

Abstract

The association of food insecurity with the combined effect of lifestyles is still limited. This study evaluated the association between food insecurity and a lifestyle score in middle- and older-aged adults. A cross-sectional study (2013–2016) was performed among 595 individuals (≥ 50 years) from the EPIPorto cohort (Porto, Portugal). Food security status was assessed using the US Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form. Information on fruit and vegetable consumption (F&V), physical activity (PA) practice, tobacco smoking, and alcohol consumption were included in a lifestyle score. Those with F&V one drink of alcoholic beverages in women, and > two in men were assigned with one point; all the others had nil points. The score could range from 0 to 4, and was further categorised into three categories. Food insecurity was positively associated with an unhealthy lifestyle profile (OR = 2.272; 95%CI:1.079–4.782), independently of the adjustment variables. Analysing each lifestyle component, food insecurity was associated with low PA practice (OR = 2.365; 95%CI:1.020–5.485). Individuals from food insecure households were more likely to have an unhealthy lifestyle profile. Public health strategies should be developed among food insecure individuals to promote healthy lifestyles.

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  • Isabel Maia & Andreia Oliveira & Ana Cristina Santos, 2023. "Food insecurity is associated with an unhealthy lifestyle score in middle- and older-aged adults: findings from the EPIPorto cohort," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 15(3), pages 661-671, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ssefpa:v:15:y:2023:i:3:d:10.1007_s12571-023-01366-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s12571-023-01366-4
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