Food insecurity and patterns of dietary intake in a sample of UK adults

The aim of this study was to identify the dietary intake correlates of food insecurity (FI) in UK adults. We recruited groups of low-income participants who were classified as food insecure (n 196) or food secure (n 198). Participants completed up to five 24 h dietary recalls. There was no differenc...

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Autores principales: Shinwell, Jackie, Bateson, Melissa, Nettle, Daniel, Pepper, Gillian V.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9346616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34551836
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114521003810
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description The aim of this study was to identify the dietary intake correlates of food insecurity (FI) in UK adults. We recruited groups of low-income participants who were classified as food insecure (n 196) or food secure (n 198). Participants completed up to five 24 h dietary recalls. There was no difference in total energy intake by FI status (β (FI) = −0·06, 95 % CI − 0·25, 0·13). Food insecure participants consumed a less diverse diet, as evidenced by fewer distinct foods per meal (β (FI) = −0·27, 95 % CI − 0·47, −0·07), and had more variable time gaps between meals (β (FI) = 0·21, 95 % CI 0·01, 0·41). These associations corresponded closely to those found in a recent US study using similar measures, suggesting that the dietary intake signature of FI generalises across populations. The findings suggest that the consequences of FI for weight gain and health are not due to increased energy intake. We suggest that there may be important health and metabolic effects of temporal irregularity in dietary intake, which appears to be an important component of FI.
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spelling pubmed-93466162022-08-15 Food insecurity and patterns of dietary intake in a sample of UK adults Shinwell, Jackie Bateson, Melissa Nettle, Daniel Pepper, Gillian V. Br J Nutr Research Article The aim of this study was to identify the dietary intake correlates of food insecurity (FI) in UK adults. We recruited groups of low-income participants who were classified as food insecure (n 196) or food secure (n 198). Participants completed up to five 24 h dietary recalls. There was no difference in total energy intake by FI status (β (FI) = −0·06, 95 % CI − 0·25, 0·13). Food insecure participants consumed a less diverse diet, as evidenced by fewer distinct foods per meal (β (FI) = −0·27, 95 % CI − 0·47, −0·07), and had more variable time gaps between meals (β (FI) = 0·21, 95 % CI 0·01, 0·41). These associations corresponded closely to those found in a recent US study using similar measures, suggesting that the dietary intake signature of FI generalises across populations. The findings suggest that the consequences of FI for weight gain and health are not due to increased energy intake. We suggest that there may be important health and metabolic effects of temporal irregularity in dietary intake, which appears to be an important component of FI. Cambridge University Press 2022-08-28 2021-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9346616/ /pubmed/34551836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114521003810 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34551836
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