Author/Authors :
Pourmotabbed, Ali Department of Physiology - School of Medicine - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran , Moosavian, Parisa Department of Clinical Nutrition - School of Nutrition and Food Science - Food Security Research Center - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran , Hadi, Amir Halal Research Center of IRI, FDA, Tehran, Iran , Mohammadi, Hamed Department of Clinical Nutrition - School of Nutrition and Food Science - Food Security Research Center - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran , Dadfarma, Alireza Department of Cellular and Molecular Nutrition - School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Rezaei, Shahabeddin Department of Clinical Nutrition - School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Babaei, Atefeh Department of Physiology - School of Medicine - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran , Moradi, Sajjad Halal Research Center of IRI, FDA, Tehran, Iran , Mirzaei, Khadijah Department of Community Nutrition - School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Objective: Food insecurit (FI) has been considered as reason for childhood and adolescent
overweight/obesity (OW/OB). Hence, this study was undertaken to assess these relationships.
Design: Related articles were found by searching the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed and Embase
databases until October 2019. Odds ratio (OR) was analized by a random‑effects model. Standard
methods were used for assessment of heterogeneity and publication bias. Data were available from 32
studies. The risk ratios of 139,762 participants were pooled from these articles for the meta‑analysis.
Results: This study domenstrated that children and adolescents in food‑insecure condition are not
at risk of OW/OB (OR = 1.02 95% CI: 0.99, 1.05). However, subgroup analysis indicated that FI
related with inhanced risk of OW/OB in adolescents living in developed countries (OR = 1.14;
95% CI: 1.02, 1.27). Other subgroup analysis indicated that severe FI increased the risk of OW/OB
among adolescents (OR = 1.24 95% CI: 1.03‑1.49). In addition, we found that lower economic
development significantly decreased risk of OW/OB among under 6 year children (OR = 0.88; 95%
CI: 0.84, 0.93). Conclusions: Our results showed that higher FI degrees were related with more risks
of OW/OB among adolescents (12–18 years). Moreover, the country economic levels had effect on
the association between FI and risk of OW/OB.
Keywords :
overweight risk , obesity risk , food insecurity , children , Adolescents
