534 Food Insecurity and Sleep Health by Race/Ethnicity and Age Group in the United States

Introduction Food insecurity may influence sleep through poor mental health (e.g., depression) and immune system suppression. Although prior studies have found food insecurity to be associated with poor sleep, few studies have investigated the food security-sleep association among racially/ethnicall...

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Published in:Sleep (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2021-05, Vol.44 (Supplement_2), p.A211-A211
Main Authors: Riley, Nyree, Alhasan, Dana, Jackson, W Braxton, Jackson, Chandra
Format: Article
Language:English
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Food security
Sleep
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Summary:Introduction Food insecurity may influence sleep through poor mental health (e.g., depression) and immune system suppression. Although prior studies have found food insecurity to be associated with poor sleep, few studies have investigated the food security-sleep association among racially/ethnically diverse participants and with multiple sleep dimensions. Methods Using National Health Interview Survey data, we examined overall, age-, sex/gender-, and racial/ethnic-specific associations between food insecurity and sleep health. Food security was categorized as very low, low, marginal, and high. Sleep duration was categorized as very short (
ISSN:0161-8105
1550-9109
DOI:10.1093/sleep/zsab072.532