Food insecurity and sleep health by race/ethnicity in the United States.
J Nutr Sci
; 12: e59, 2023.
Article
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| ID: mdl-37252683
Food insecurity, poised to increase with burgeoning concerns related to climate change, may influence sleep, yet few studies examined the food security-sleep association among racially/ethnically diverse populations with multiple sleep dimensions. We determined overall and racial/ethnic-specific associations between food security and sleep health. Using National Health Interview Survey data, we categorised food security as very low, low, marginal and high. Sleep duration was categorised as very short, short, recommended and long. Sleep disturbances included trouble falling/staying asleep, insomnia symptoms, waking up feeling unrested and using sleep medication (all ≥3 d/times in the previous week). Adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics and other confounders, we used Poisson regression with robust variance to estimate prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CIs) for sleep dimensions by food security. Among 177 435 participants, the mean age of 47â
2 ± 0â
1 years, 52â
0 % were women, and 68â
4 % were non-Hispanic (NH)-White. A higher percent of NH-Black (7â
9 %) and Hispanic/Latinx (5â
1 %) lived in very low food security households than NH-White (3â
1 %) participants. Very low v. high food security was associated with a higher prevalence of very short (PR = 2â
61 [95 % CI 2â
44-2â
80]) sleep duration as well as trouble falling asleep (PR = 2â
21 [95 % CI 2â
12-2â
30]). Very low v. high food security was associated with a higher prevalence of very short sleep duration among Asian (PR = 3â
64 [95 % CI 2â
67-4â
97]) and NH-White (PR = 2â
73 [95 % CI 2â
50-2â
99]) participants compared with NH-Black (PR = 2â
03 [95 % CI 1â
80-2â
31]) and Hispanic/Latinx (PR = 2â
65 [95 % CI 2â
30-3â
07]) participants. Food insecurity was associated with poorer sleep in a racially/ethnically diverse US sample.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Sueño
/
Etnicidad
/
Inseguridad Alimentaria
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Nutr Sci
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido