Food insecurity and mental health among females in high-income countries

In this 2020 study, the food security of the child participants and the stability of their housing were both measured at 5 years of age. At the follow-up assessment, anxiety and depressive symptoms were examined when the child (now adolescent) was 15 years of age. Moreover, maternal depression and parenting stress were reported when the […]

While it is already widely believed that food insecurity during young adulthood can influence academic performance, and physical and mental health, Wolfson et al. (2020) are interested in the largely unknown relationship between parental and behavioral factors during childhood and the risk of food insecurity during young adulthood. The parental and behavioral factors examined in […]