Did you know that more than 10 percent of U.S. households with infants experience food insecurity? And that households with higher levels of food insecurity also have higher levels of maternal depression?
New research from Child Trends shows that household food security (access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food) can affect two generations: both mothers' psychological well-being and positive behaviors with their infants, and the children's development over the first two years.
The study, Food Security During Infancy: Implications for Attachment and Mental Profiency in Toddlerhood by Martha Zaslow, Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew, Randolph Capps, Allison Horowitz, Kristin A. Moore, and Debra Weinstein, is based on the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, a nationally representative sample of infants and toddlers. For more information, and to read the study, CLICK HERE.
No comments:
Post a Comment