加拿大青年饥饿的分布
Haleigh Cumiskey1, Karen A Patte1, Valerie Michaelson1
1Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
概括
加拿大六分之一的青少年报告饥饿,与社会经济地位,性别,移民地位和种族相关的差异有关. 这凸显了针对性预防策略的必要性,以解决青年人粮食不安全的问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 食品安全研究 食品安全研究
背景情况:
- 关于加拿大青少年当前饥饿分布的证据对于制定有效的预防策略至关重要.
- 这项研究考察了年轻加拿大人的饥饿感受的人口,社会和背景分布.
研究的目的:
- 确定饥饿在加拿大青少年中的流行和分布.
- 确定与年轻人粮食不安全相关的人口和社会经济因素.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自加拿大15,656名加拿大青少年 (年龄11-15岁) 的全国代表性样本的数据,来自2017/18学龄儿童健康行为研究.
- 使用描述性统计和多变量回归分析来分析饥饿的分布,定义为"家里没有足够的食物".
主要成果:
- 总体而言,16.6%的参与者报告说他们感到饥饿.
- 饥饿和低社会经济地位,男性或非二元性别,长期移民地位,黑人,拉丁美洲人或混合种族之间发现了显著的相关性.
- 老年参与者和高年级的参与者报告饥饿的频率较低.
结论:
- 在加拿大的年轻人中,自我报告的饥饿经历存在显著的差异.
- 调查结果强调需要有针对性的干预措施,以解决青少年人口中粮食不安全及其相关不平等的问题.
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