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A - 40 Food Insecurity Is Associated with Serious Cognitive Difficulties among Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities
Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, Department of Physical Activity and Health.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0004-8533
2024 (English)In: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, vol 39, issue 7, Oxford University Press, 2024, Vol. 39, p. 975-976Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
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Youth with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disabilities (LD), experience cognitive difficulties in their daily lives. Food insecurity, a public health problem, disproportionately affects youth with neurodevelopmental disorders and is associated with mental health and academic functioning. We examined the association between parent-reported food insecurity and cognitive difficulty among youth after adjusting for factors associated with cognitive difficulty.The 2022 National Survey of Children’s Health, conducted in the United States, is designed to provide parent-reported information on the health and well-being of children and adolescents. Associations between cognitive difficulty, food insecurity, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), psychiatric conditions, flourishing, receiving federal assistance, and low socioeconomic status were analyzed using binary logistic regressions.There were 6422 youth (aged 6–17) with ADHD and/or LD (63.4% boys). Around half had parent-reported serious cognitive difficulties (50.5%). A third (31.9%) were reported to have mild food insecurity and 6.7% had moderate/severe food insecurity. In the multivariable model [χ2(6) = 1138.25, p < 0.001; Nagelkerke R2 = 0.22], food insecurity [Odds Ratio (OR) = 1.21; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.07–1.34)] was an independent predictor of serious cognitive difficulty, in addition to ACEs (OR = 1.121, 95%CI = 1.075–1.168), anxiety or depression (OR = 2.279, 95%CI = 2.041–2.545), flourishing (OR = 0.473, 95%CI = 0.442–0.505), and free or reduced school meals (OR = 1.244, 95%CI = 1.108–1.397).Food insecurity was independently associated with parent-reported cognitive problems among youth with ADHD and LD. Better understanding the mechanisms that underlie the associations between food insecurity, other social determinants of health, and cognitive difficulties can facilitate the development of targeted, evidence-informed interventions to bolster functional and academic outcomes for youth with neurodevelopmental disorders.

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Oxford University Press, 2024. Vol. 39, p. 975-976
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URN: urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-8362DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acae067.054ISI: 001311871800001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:gih-8362DiVA, id: diva2:1921580
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44th Annual National Academy of Neuropsychology Conference, November 6-9, 2024, Austin, TX
Available from: 2024-12-16 Created: 2024-12-16 Last updated: 2024-12-16

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