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Are physical activity and food insecurity associated with depressive feelings in U.S. adults?
Author(s) -
McNeill Meghan,
Venci Brittany Jeanne,
Park Sohyun,
Lee SeungYeon
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.1054.8
Subject(s) - feeling , odds ratio , food security , odds , logistic regression , confidence interval , food insecurity , medicine , depressive symptoms , environmental health , demography , gerontology , psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , biology , cognition , ecology , sociology , agriculture
We examined associations between depressive feelings and food security while controlling for physical activity (PA) in a nationally representative sample using the 2011 National Health Interview Survey data for 29,981 U.S. adults (≥18 years). Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for associations between food security and having depressive feelings after controlling for sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. Food security scale was used to define food secure (score 0–2), low food secure (3–5), and very low food secure (6–10). About 87% were food secure, 6.6% were low food secure and 5.2% were very low food secure. Regardless of PA status, both low and very low food secure adults had higher odds of having each of 6 depressive feelings compared to physically active, food secure adults. For example, very low food secure, physically inactive adults had higher odds for feeling sad (OR=3.40, 95% CI=2.75, 4.20), nervous (OR=2.47, 95% CI=1.98, 3.07), restless/fidgety (OR=3.00, 95% CI=2.36, 3.82), hopeless (OR=3.28, 95% CI=2.62, 4.09), everything was an effort (OR=3.13, 95% CI=2.51, 3.89), and worthless (OR=3.68, 95% CI=2.86, 4.75) than physically active, food secure adults. Although the directionality of our associations is unknown, our findings suggest that food insecure, physically inactive adults tend to have more depressive feelings. Grant Funding Source : None