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The Food Insecurity–Obesity Paradox


The Food-Insecurity Obesity Paradox: A Resource Scarcity Hypothesis

This “Resource Scarcity Hypothesis” suggests that perceived food insecurity, in a permissive environment where there is access to high calorie foods, may cause ...

The hunger-obesity paradox: Exploring food banking system ... - NCBI

This qualitative study examined key stakeholders' perspectives of the relationship between the US food banking system and obesity disparities among food ...

The Food Insecurity–Obesity Paradox: A Review of the Literature ...

This review proposes a conceptual framework linking the Food Stamp Program and other coping strategies to the food insecurity–obesity relationship.

What Is the Hunger-Obesity Paradox?

The contradictory concepts of hunger and obesity are now known to coexist within the same person and within the same household. This phenomenon is called the ...

Understanding the paradox of obesity and food insecurity - Nutrition

Research studies suggest that adults and children who experience food insecurity may be at an increased risk for obesity in the United States and around the ...

What is Obesity Paradox? - News-Medical

The paradox is that with rising food insecurity there is a rising obesity. While all segments of the population are affected by obesity, low-income and food ...

Food insecurity as a cause of adiposity: evolutionary and ... - Journals

Food insecurity (FI) is associated with obesity among women in high-income countries. This seemingly paradoxical association can be explained by the insurance ...

Food insecurity as a risk factor for obesity: A review - Frontiers

The coexistence of both obesity and FI has drawn the attention of researchers since it seems contradictory that people with limited access to ...

Hunger & Obesity - Food Research & Action Center

At first, the relationship between food insecurity and obesity was considered counterintuitive and labeled a paradox. This was due, in part, to our limited ...

The Food Insecurity-Obesity Paradox

The Food Insecurity-Obesity Paradox. Obesity… may result from an abusive physiological response to episodic food insecurity, which can lead to binge eating ...

The food-insecurity obesity paradox: A resource scarcity hypothesis

A resource scarcity hypothesis is proposed to explain this paradox. Implications of this theory for research and intervention are discussed.

Understanding the Connections: Food Insecurity and Obesity

18 These odds varied with the mother's pre-pregnancy weight status: children from households with persistent food insecurity without hunger were three times ...

The cost‐of‐living crisis is feeding the paradox of obesity and food ...

A mixed-method systematic review and meta-analysis of the influences of food environments and food insecurity on obesity in high-income countries.

The food-insecurity obesity paradox: A resource scarcity hypothesis.

Food insecurity is paradoxically associated with obesity in the United States. Current hypotheses to explain this phenomenon are descriptive ...

The Obesity-Hunger Paradox - The New York Times

A recent survey found that the most severe hunger-related problems in the nation are in the South Bronx, long one of the country's capitals ...

How Can We Be Both? The Hunger Obesity Paradox Explained

The choice between affordable, unhealthy food and more expensive, healthy food is a driving factor behind the hunger/obesity paradox. The next ...

Grocery Store Access and the Food Insecurity–Obesity Paradox

Grocery access is associated with only a 1.1 percentage point greater likelihood of obesity overall (unconditional on food security status), ...

Examining Factors Related to the Food Insecurity–Obesity Paradox ...

The objective of this study was to examine factors related to the gender disparity in the food insecurity–obesity paradox within a sample of low-income parents.

Gender Disparities in the Food Insecurity–Overweight and Food ...

Food insecurity–overweight and –obesity paradox appears not to be present in older men. However, food insecurity and obesity coexist among low-income, older ...

The food insecurity―obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women

This article discusses findings from the Full Plate Project, which addressed women's experience of food security, obesity, and chronic disease in Atlantic ...