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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:516-517
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Special Theme: Nutrition

Commentary: Assessing food insecurity in Trinidad and Tobago

Edward A Frongillo

Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Edward A Frongillo, Division of Nutritional Sciences, B17 Savage Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853–6301 USA. E-mail: eaf1@cornell.edu

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Gulliford and colleagues report in this issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology on a study in Trinidad and Tobago that investigated whether household food insecurity was associated with obesity in this middle-income country.1 They found that food insecurity was associated with underweight but not with obesity. Food insecurity was also associated with decreased consumption of fruits and vegetables, a result previously reported in several studies, and with physical limitations, a result previously reported for elders in the US.2

Prior studies of the association of food insecurity and obesity have been done in high-income countries and found that white women and adolescent girls . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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