Household Food Security and Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among New York City (NYC) Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2017 NYC Kids’ Data
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Source
2.2. Outcome Variable
2.3. Exposures
2.4. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Unweighted n = 2362 (n, %) | High Food Security n = 1466 (n, %) | Low Food Security n = 896 (n, %) | p-Value | |
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Child’s age, years | ||||
5–13 | 9.2 | 9.2 (0.09) | 9.2 (0.11) | |
Child’s sex | ||||
Male | 1236 (50.6) | 50.7 | 50.4 | 0.909 |
Female | 1125 (49.3) | 49.2 | 49.6 | |
Child’s race/ethnicity | ||||
White, non-Latino | 546 (27.5) | 37.2 | 10.6 | <0.001 |
Black, non-Latino | 481 (21.9) | 19.0 | 26.9 | |
Latino | 959 (35.8) | 26.9 | 51.4 | |
Asian | 266 (13.4) | 15.6 | 9.7 | |
Other, non-Latino | 110 (1.2) | 1.2 | 1.3 | |
Age of Adult Respondent 1 | ||||
16–24 | 30 (0.7) | 0.82 | 0.56 | <0.001 |
25–44 | 1817 (74.7) | 71.4 | 80.6 | |
45–65+ | 515 (24.5) | 27.8 | 18.7 | |
Other Children in Household 2 | ||||
None | 80 (25.2) | 26.5 | 22.9 | 0.1220 |
One | 952 (40.6) | 41.6 | 38.8 | |
Two | 390 (19.6) | 18.7 | 21.2 | |
Three | 140 (8.2) | 6.6 | 10.9 | |
More than three | 77 (6.4) | 6.6 | 6.0 | |
Household Poverty | ||||
Federal Poverty Level <200% | 1405 (61.5) | 49.4 | 82.8 | <0.001 |
Federal Poverty Level 200%+ | 957 (38.5) | 50.7 | 17.2 | |
Chronic Stress | ||||
No | 1595 (67.1) | 85.1 | 34.6 | <0.001 |
Yes | 767 (32.8) | 14.9 | 65.3 | |
Receipt of Federal Aid | ||||
No | 1576 (65.4) | 78.3 | 42.9 | <0.001 |
Yes | 786 (34.5) | 21.7 | 57.1 | |
Parental Immigration Status 3 | ||||
Born outside USA | 1265 (51.9) | 45.5 | 63.1 | <0.001 |
US born | 1097 (48.1) | 54.6 | 36.9 | |
Parental Education 3 | ||||
Elementary | 186 (7.6) | 4.4 | 13.1 | |
9–11 | 219 (9.6) | 6.2 | 15.4 | <0.001 |
Grade 12/GED | 588 (27.3) | 24.5 | 32.3 | |
Some College | 467 (18.2) | 16.0 | 22.1 | |
College+ | 906 (37.2) | 48.7 | 17.1 |
Crude | Adjusted b | |||||||
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95% CI | 95% CI | |||||||
OR | Lower | Upper | p-Value | OR | Lower | Upper | p-Value | |
Low Food Security | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | <0.01 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | <0.01 |
High Food Security |
Exposure= 0 (High Food Security) b | Exposure = 1 (Low Food Security) b | |||||||||||
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n = 1466 | n = 896 | |||||||||||
OR | Lower | Upper | p-Value | OR | Lower | Upper | p-Value | OR of Low Food Security within Strata of Stress | ||||
0 = No stress | Ref | 2.3 | 1.5 | 3.3 | <0.001 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 3.1 | <0.001 | |||
1 = Stress | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.5 | <0.05 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.0 | <0.001 | 1.4 | 0.90 | 2.1 | 0.128 |
OR of stress within strata | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.7 | <0.05 | 0.96 | 0.65 | 1.4 | 0.845 |
Exposure= 0 (High Food Security) b | Exposure = 1 (Low Food Security) b | |||||||||||
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n = 1466 | n = 896 | |||||||||||
OR | Lower | Upper | p-Value | OR | Lower | Upper | p-Value | OR of Low Food Security within Strata | ||||
0 = No aid | Ref | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 | <0.001 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 3.5 | <0.001 | |||
1 = Aid | 1.1 | 0.79 | 1.7 | 0.410 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3.8 | <0.001 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 3.5 | <0.001 |
OR of aid within strata | 1.1 | 0.76 | 1.7 | 0.484 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.4 | <0.05 |
Exposure= 0 (High Food Security) b | Exposure = 1 (Low Food Security) b | |||||||||||
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n = 1466 | n = 896 | |||||||||||
OR | Lower | Upper | p-Value | OR | Lower | Upper | p-Value | OR for Low Food Security within Strata | ||||
0 = Immigrant | Ref | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | <0.001 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.5 | <0.001 | |||
1 = USA | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 | <0.05 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 6.3 | <0.001 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 3.4 | <0.001 |
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Flórez, K.R.; Albrecht, S.S.; Hwang, N.; Chambers, E.; Li, Y.; Gany, F.M.; Davila, M. Household Food Security and Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among New York City (NYC) Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2017 NYC Kids’ Data. Nutrients 2023, 15, 3945. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15183945
Flórez KR, Albrecht SS, Hwang N, Chambers E, Li Y, Gany FM, Davila M. Household Food Security and Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among New York City (NYC) Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2017 NYC Kids’ Data. Nutrients. 2023; 15(18):3945. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15183945
Chicago/Turabian StyleFlórez, Karen R., Sandra S. Albrecht, Neil Hwang, Earle Chambers, Yan Li, Francesca M. Gany, and Marivel Davila. 2023. "Household Food Security and Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among New York City (NYC) Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2017 NYC Kids’ Data" Nutrients 15, no. 18: 3945. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15183945
APA StyleFlórez, K. R., Albrecht, S. S., Hwang, N., Chambers, E., Li, Y., Gany, F. M., & Davila, M. (2023). Household Food Security and Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among New York City (NYC) Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2017 NYC Kids’ Data. Nutrients, 15(18), 3945. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15183945