Household food insecurity and its association with overweight and obesity in children aged 2 to 14 years

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Lifestyle habits depending on Household food security and insecurity

	Household Food Security (HFS)		Household Food insecurity (HFI) ^¥		HFI versus HFS
	n	Prevalence % (95% CI)	n	Prevalence % (95% CI)	ORa ^‡ (95% CI)	p -value
Less than 2 h/week of extracurricular physical activity	923	52.5 (50.2–54.9)	107	72.3 (64.5–79.0)	1.36 (0.9–2.1)	0.180
More than 2 h/day of screen time	980	54.8 (52.5–57.1)	121	81.2 (74.1–86.7)	2.83 (1.7–4.7)	< 0.001
Healthy Eating Index (IASE) *
-Unhealthy diet, needs improvement	1135	63.9 (61.6–66.1)	125	83.9 (77.0–89.0)	2.18 (1.3–3.7)	0.004
-Does not eat a varied diet	964	54.3 (52.0-56.6)	111	75.2 (67.5–81.5)	1.89 (1.2-3.0)	0.006

^¥ Food insecurity evaluated with the Household food insecurity access scale (HFIAS) * Healthy Eating Index adapted to Spain (IASE).
^‡ Adjusted Odds Ratio (ORa) estimated by logistic regression and adjusted by age, country of origin of the mother, family purchasing power, and employment status of the breadwinner.
95% CI: 95% confidence interval.

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