Food insecurity linked with low self-esteem in children: Study

Food insecurity linked with low self-esteem in children: Study

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Children in households with uncertain access to nutritious food are twice as likely to have low self-esteem and less likely to believe they can make healthy choices, new research shows.

Uncertain access to enough food can starve a child’s self-esteem and confidence in making healthy life choices, new research shows.

Children living in households with food insecurity have double the risk of low self-esteem compared with their peers living in homes that always have good access to nutritious food, according to joint research by the University of Alberta and Edith Cowan University in Australia."Food insecurity is a […]

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