Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status
A lack of in-depth assessment of the nutritional status of homeless youth precludes interventions that achieve nutritional adequacy. We enrolled 118 unaccompanied homeless youth to obtain sociodemographic and health data along with dietary, anthropometric, biochemical, and clinical assessments. As a...
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| author | Irene Hatsu Carolyn Gunther Erinn Hade Stephanie Vandergriff Natasha Slesnick Rachel Williams Richard S. Bruno Julie Kennel |
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| description | A lack of in-depth assessment of the nutritional status of homeless youth precludes interventions that achieve nutritional adequacy. We enrolled 118 unaccompanied homeless youth to obtain sociodemographic and health data along with dietary, anthropometric, biochemical, and clinical assessments. As a reference, homeless youth data were compared to a convenience sample of 145 college students. Obesity was prevalent among homeless youth than among college students (29% vs. 8% respectively (CI: 11.2, 29.9). Among homeless youth, 74% of females versus 41% of males were overweight/obese (CI: 14.9, 51.2). Homeless youth also had poor diet quality (44.37 (SD: 12.64)). Over 70% of homeless youth had inadequate intakes of vitamins A, C, D3 and E, as well as calcium and magnesium. Our findings show increased weight, adiposity, and suboptimal intakes of essential nutrients among unaccompanied homeless youth. Further studies are needed to inform evidence-based nutrition interventions that will aid in improving their nutritional health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d11eec70dd994a339bdadade1b6863352022-12-22T03:34:49ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth0267-38432164-45272019-07-0124331933210.1080/02673843.2018.15388851538885Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional statusIrene Hatsu0Carolyn Gunther1Erinn Hade2Stephanie Vandergriff3Natasha Slesnick4Rachel Williams5Richard S. Bruno6Julie Kennel7The Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityA lack of in-depth assessment of the nutritional status of homeless youth precludes interventions that achieve nutritional adequacy. We enrolled 118 unaccompanied homeless youth to obtain sociodemographic and health data along with dietary, anthropometric, biochemical, and clinical assessments. As a reference, homeless youth data were compared to a convenience sample of 145 college students. Obesity was prevalent among homeless youth than among college students (29% vs. 8% respectively (CI: 11.2, 29.9). Among homeless youth, 74% of females versus 41% of males were overweight/obese (CI: 14.9, 51.2). Homeless youth also had poor diet quality (44.37 (SD: 12.64)). Over 70% of homeless youth had inadequate intakes of vitamins A, C, D3 and E, as well as calcium and magnesium. Our findings show increased weight, adiposity, and suboptimal intakes of essential nutrients among unaccompanied homeless youth. Further studies are needed to inform evidence-based nutrition interventions that will aid in improving their nutritional health.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2018.1538885Unaccompanied youthhomelessnutritional statusdiet quality |
| spellingShingle | Irene Hatsu Carolyn Gunther Erinn Hade Stephanie Vandergriff Natasha Slesnick Rachel Williams Richard S. Bruno Julie Kennel Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status International Journal of Adolescence and Youth Unaccompanied youth homeless nutritional status diet quality |
| title | Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status |
| title_full | Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status |
| title_fullStr | Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status |
| title_short | Unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status |
| title_sort | unaccompanied homeless youth have extremely poor diet quality and nutritional status |
| topic | Unaccompanied youth homeless nutritional status diet quality |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2018.1538885 |
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