Date of Publication
2021
Faculty Mentor
Hendrika Maltby
Abstract
Objectives: To assess the relationship between chronic disease risk behaviors: tobacco usage, alcohol consumption, sedentary lifestyle, and food insecurity (FI) among Vermonters. Methods: This cross-sectional study uses a sample (n= 1,378) from Vermont’s 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The examined outcome is FI. The predictor measures were defined as at-risk tobacco use, alcohol consumption, and sedentary lifestyles.The following were established as covariates on the association between the dependent and independent variables: income, sex, age, race/ethnicity, and activity limitations. Results: In the unadjusted binomial logistic regression (Table 2), tobacco users were 3.32 times more likely to be food insecure than non-tobacco users (CI 2.00-5.54). Those who do not exercise were 98% more likely to be food insecure than adults who did (CI 1.13-3.45). In the adjusted analysis, every one-alcohol-beverage consumed, adults were 5% more likely to be food insecure (0.99-1.12). Conclusions: Individuals that consume alcohol and tobacco, and do not exercise, are more likely to also be FI.
Document Type
Project
Recommended Citation
Kaufman, Hannah R.; Savoie, Kyleigh; Belanger, Emily; Bowman, Kijonna; Childs, Darren; and Maltby, Hendrika, "Food Insecurity in Vermont Households: An Analysis of the Association with Tobacco Use, Alcohol Consumption and Physical Inactivity" (2021). Master of Public Health Culminating Projects. 23.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/mphcp/23
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