| Project: The Determinants of Overweight and Obesity Among Low-Income Children |
| Award Year: 1999 |
| Amount of award, fiscal 1999: $124,999.12 |
| Institution: Boston Medical Center |
| Principal Investigator: John Cook |
| Status: Completed |
| Detailed Objective: This work examines the determinants of obesity among low-income children with
a focus on food insufficiency and food assistance program participation. The
large increase observed in the prevalence of obesity, particularly among low-income
children, makes it essential that we improve our understanding of the factors
that affect obesity. Of particular interest are the findings that obesity, participation
in food assistance programs, and food insufficiency each occur most commonly
among low-income children. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey III, this work will determine whether food insufficiency
and food assistance program participation influence the likelihood of obesity,
after controlling for possible confounding factors such as the child's birthweight.
A cooperative research agreement was awarded to the Department of Pediatrics,
Center for Nourishing the Future, Boston Medical Center at a cost of $124,999
in fiscal 1999. The work is expected to be completed by October 2002. |
| Topic: Food Security, Obesity |
| Dataset: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) |