Food Insecurity In Vermont Households, Analysis of association with Tobacco Use, Alcohol Consumption and Physical Incactivity

Conference Year

January 2021

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.

Primary Faculty Mentor Name

Hendrika Maltby

Status

Graduate

Student College

Graduate College

Second Student College

Larner College of Medicine

Program/Major

Public Health

Primary Research Category

Health Sciences

Secondary Research Category

Social Sciences

Tertiary Research Category

Vermont Studies

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Food Insecurity In Vermont Households, Analysis of association with Tobacco Use, Alcohol Consumption and Physical Incactivity

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.