Food insecurity, nutrition insecurity, and self-reported health among newcomer Manitoba youth: A cross-sectional study

Alexiuk, Tressa; Pilli, Bhanu; Hinds, Aynslie; Urquía, Marcelo L.; Slater, Joyce

doi:10.1080/03670244.2022.2148664

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“…Generally, adolescents report poorer dietary habits than adults; however, newcomer adolescents are at a further disadvantage as they report poorer diets than their non-newcomer counterparts [4][5][6]. A review article indicated that the main reasons are costs and cultural considerations [6].…”

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“…Among adolescents, 20.7% lived in households with food insecurity, with 7.3% living in marginally foodinsecure households and 13.5% in moderately or severely food-insecure households from the 2018 CCHS [3]. There were differences between adolescents' food insecurity status and their ethnicity, household socio-economic status, and their immigration status [3].Generally, adolescents report poorer dietary habits than adults; however, newcomer adolescents are at a further disadvantage as they report poorer diets than their non-newcomer counterparts [4][5][6]. A review article indicated that the main reasons are costs and cultural considerations [6].…”

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“…Prior research among adolescents in Canada investigated food insecurity: nationally (at the household level, Liu et al, 2023), with chronic health conditions and disparities [21], in speci c provinces [4,19], and with mental health outcomes among a sample of people in Canada (however the authors pooled children, adolescents, and adults in their sample; Davison & Gondara, 2021); with the latter three studies addressing food insecurity among newcomer populations. There is yet a need to understand newcomer adolescents' food insecurity experience and association with wellbeing across Canada.…”

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Social inequalities in household food availability and wellbeing among newcomer adolescents in Canada: A Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children 2017/2018 Study

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2023

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Purpose:This study sought to assess how hunger and wellbeing differ among newcomer adolescents versus non-newcomer adolescents in Canada and the associations between these factors. Methods:This study represents results from a proportional sample of 21,750 adolescents in Canada recruited through the HBSC-Canada study 2017/2018 cycle. It used measures of migration status, the WHO-5 measure of wellbeing, hunger, and family support factors in regression models to estimate cross-sectional associations between migration status and hunger, and wellbeing while controlling for covariates and the nested nature of the data. Results:Approximately 32.1% of the sample were newcomers and newcomers were more likely to be hungry (20.4%) compared with non-newcomer adolescents (15.5%). The regression analyses confirmed this association and also showed that newcomer adolescents also reported lower wellbeing compared with non-newcomer adolescents. Further analyses showed that among hungry adolescents, non-newcomers reported lower wellbeing than newcomer adolescents in Canada. Conclusion:Although newcomer adolescents report overall lower wellbeing and more hunger with non-newcomers; when hungry, newcomers report higher wellbeing than their non-newcomer peers. This resilience to hunger may be explained by living in other adversity (i.e., more household deprivation, less family supports) which were living conditions found among newcomer adolescents in this study.

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Social inequalities in household food availability and wellbeing among newcomer adolescents in Canada: A Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children 2017/2018 Study

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Prevalence of micronutrient inadequacy differs by severity of food insecurity among adults living in Canada in 2015

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2024

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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Household food insecurity is generally associated with poorer quality diets in Canada, but whether household food insecurity heightens the probability of inadequate micronutrient intakes is unknown. The objective of this research was to investigate how prevalence of micronutrient inadequacy differed by severity of household food insecurity among adults in Canada. Using the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey Nutrition, this study included participants aged 19-64 years who completed up to two 24-hour dietary recalls and provided details about household food insecurity (n = 9486). Children and older adults were not included due to sample size limitations. Usual micronutrient intake distributions were estimated by a 4-level measure of food insecurity status using the National Cancer Institute method. Welch’s t-tests assessed differences in prevalence of inadequacy for selected micronutrients. Prevalence differed for some micronutrients among those living in marginally and moderately food insecure compared to food secure households. The greatest differences in prevalence of inadequacy were observed between severely food insecure and food secure households: vitamin A (60.0%, SE=11.9 vs. 40.6%, SE=2.7, p<0.0001), vitamin B6 (42.7%, SE=9.1 vs. 12.8%, SE=2.5, p<0.0001), folate (39.4%, SE=10.0 vs. 15.9%, SE=2.2, p<0.0001), vitamin C (63.3%, SE=5.2 vs. 29.1%, SE=2.8, p<0.0001), calcium (78.6%, SE=6.4 vs. 58.7%, SE=1.3, p<0.0001), magnesium (75.6%, SE=9.5 vs. 48.7%, SE=1.2, p<0.0001), and zinc (34.9%, SE=10.0 vs. 23.2%, SE=2.4, p=0.0009). Apparent underreporting also differed by severity of food insecurity, with increased underreporting observed with worsening food insecurity. The probability of inadequate micronutrient intakes among adults rises sharply with more severe household food insecurity in Canada.

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Food insecurity, nutrition insecurity, and self-reported health among newcomer Manitoba youth: A cross-sectional study

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Social inequalities in household food availability and wellbeing among newcomer adolescents in Canada: A Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children 2017/2018 Study

Social inequalities in household food availability and wellbeing among newcomer adolescents in Canada: A Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children 2017/2018 Study

Prevalence of micronutrient inadequacy differs by severity of food insecurity among adults living in Canada in 2015

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