Childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among Brazilian older adults
Objectives. To assess the association between childhood hunger experiences and the prevalence of chronic diseases later in life. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted using baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), a nationally representative study of perso...
Published in: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English Spanish Portuguese |
Published: |
Pan American Health Organization
2021
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.39 https://doaj.org/article/b667d7250e114d11be769c5feb771a80 |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b667d7250e114d11be769c5feb771a80 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b667d7250e114d11be769c5feb771a80 2023-05-15T15:13:05+02:00 Childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among Brazilian older adults Lucía Félix-Beltrán Brayan V. Seixas 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.39 https://doaj.org/article/b667d7250e114d11be769c5feb771a80 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/53413 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 doi:10.26633/RPSP.2021.39 https://doaj.org/article/b667d7250e114d11be769c5feb771a80 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 45, Iss 39, Pp 1-10 (2021) hunger chronic disease aging diabetes mellitus osteoporosis brazil Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.39 2022-12-31T15:38:08Z Objectives. To assess the association between childhood hunger experiences and the prevalence of chronic diseases later in life. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted using baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), a nationally representative study of persons aged 50 years and older (n = 9 412). Univariate and bivariate analyses were used to describe the sample, and multivariate logistic regressions to examine the association between childhood hunger and hypertension, diabetes, arthritis and osteoporosis. Adjusted odds ratios and predicted probabilities were calculated. Results. 24.7% of Brazilians aged 50 and over experienced hunger during childhood. This harmful exposure was significantly more common among non-white people, individuals with lower educational attainment, lower household income and heavy manual laborers. Regional variation was also observed, as the prevalence of individuals reporting childhood hunger was higher in the North and Northeast regions. The multivariate analysis revealed that older adults who reported having experienced hunger during childhood had 20% higher odds of developing diabetes in adulthood (aOR = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.02 – 1.41) and 38% higher odds of developing osteoporosis (aOR = 1.38, 95% CI: 1.15 – 1.64) than adults who did not experience hunger during childhood, after controlling for covariates. Conclusions. The study showed an association between childhood hunger and two chronic diseases in later life: diabetes and osteoporosis. This work restates that investing in childhood conditions is a cost-effective way to have a healthy society and provides evidence on relationships that deserve further investigation to elucidate underlying mechanisms. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 45 1 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English Spanish Portuguese |
topic |
hunger chronic disease aging diabetes mellitus osteoporosis brazil Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
spellingShingle |
hunger chronic disease aging diabetes mellitus osteoporosis brazil Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Lucía Félix-Beltrán Brayan V. Seixas Childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among Brazilian older adults |
topic_facet |
hunger chronic disease aging diabetes mellitus osteoporosis brazil Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
description |
Objectives. To assess the association between childhood hunger experiences and the prevalence of chronic diseases later in life. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted using baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), a nationally representative study of persons aged 50 years and older (n = 9 412). Univariate and bivariate analyses were used to describe the sample, and multivariate logistic regressions to examine the association between childhood hunger and hypertension, diabetes, arthritis and osteoporosis. Adjusted odds ratios and predicted probabilities were calculated. Results. 24.7% of Brazilians aged 50 and over experienced hunger during childhood. This harmful exposure was significantly more common among non-white people, individuals with lower educational attainment, lower household income and heavy manual laborers. Regional variation was also observed, as the prevalence of individuals reporting childhood hunger was higher in the North and Northeast regions. The multivariate analysis revealed that older adults who reported having experienced hunger during childhood had 20% higher odds of developing diabetes in adulthood (aOR = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.02 – 1.41) and 38% higher odds of developing osteoporosis (aOR = 1.38, 95% CI: 1.15 – 1.64) than adults who did not experience hunger during childhood, after controlling for covariates. Conclusions. The study showed an association between childhood hunger and two chronic diseases in later life: diabetes and osteoporosis. This work restates that investing in childhood conditions is a cost-effective way to have a healthy society and provides evidence on relationships that deserve further investigation to elucidate underlying mechanisms. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Lucía Félix-Beltrán Brayan V. Seixas |
author_facet |
Lucía Félix-Beltrán Brayan V. Seixas |
author_sort |
Lucía Félix-Beltrán |
title |
Childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among Brazilian older adults |
title_short |
Childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among Brazilian older adults |
title_full |
Childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among Brazilian older adults |
title_fullStr |
Childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among Brazilian older adults |
title_full_unstemmed |
Childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among Brazilian older adults |
title_sort |
childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among brazilian older adults |
publisher |
Pan American Health Organization |
publishDate |
2021 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.39 https://doaj.org/article/b667d7250e114d11be769c5feb771a80 |
geographic |
Arctic |
geographic_facet |
Arctic |
genre |
Arctic |
genre_facet |
Arctic |
op_source |
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 45, Iss 39, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
op_relation |
https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/53413 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 doi:10.26633/RPSP.2021.39 https://doaj.org/article/b667d7250e114d11be769c5feb771a80 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.39 |
container_title |
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
container_volume |
45 |
container_start_page |
1 |
_version_ |
1766343683678928896 |