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Table 4 The associations between food insecurity and weight status among households in District Eight, HCMC (n = 250)

From: Household food insecurity, diet, and weight status in a disadvantaged district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a cross-sectional study

  

Food security status

 
 

Total sample (%)

Food insecure (%)

Food secure (%)

p-value**

BMI Adults

   

0.40

 Underweight

8.4

13.6

8.3

 

 Healthy weight

49.2

56.8

52.3

 

 Overweight/obesity

42.4

29.5

39.4

 

BMI Children

    

 Male children

   

0.90

  Thinness§

2.6

43.5

39.6

 

  Healthy weight

93.4

43.5

49.1

 

  Overweight/obese¶

4.0

13.0

11.3

 

 Female children

   

0.79

  Thinness§

4.1

61.9

53.9

 

  Healthy weight

91.8

38.1

42.3

 

  Overweight/obese¶

4.1

0.0

3.9

 
  1. §,¶,International BMI cutoff points to define thinness, overweight and obesity in children and adolescents were applied [36].
  2. Statistical significance: p < 0.05.
  3. **P-value for chi-square (difference between food secure and food insecure households).
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