Household food insecurity is associated with abdominal but not general obesity among Iranian children

• Main Authors: Fateme Jafari (Author), Simin Ehsani (Author), Azadeh Nadjarzadeh (Author), Ahmad Esmaillzadeh (Author), Mahmood Noori-Shadkam (Author), Amin Salehi-Abargouei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Childhood obesity is increasing all over the world. Food insecurity is mentioned as a possible risk factor; however, previous studies have led to inconsistent results in different societies while data are lacking for the Middle East. We aimed to investigate the relationship betwe...