Childhood food insecurity, adolescent mental health, functioning

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What The Study Did: Researchers examined the association between food insecurity during childhood and mental health and social functioning at age 15 in a study that included 2,000 children born in Canada.

Authors: Marie-Claude Geoffroy, Ph.D., of McGill University in Montreal, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40085)

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