@article{e62d0043f80144699e5841c6fcae77b1,
title = "Future research directions for the insurance hypothesis regarding food insecurity and obesity",
abstract = "The focus of this commentary is Nettle et al.'s insurance hypothesis linking food insecurity to a high body mass index (BMI). We discuss how the relationship between race/ethnicity and obesity in the United States is consistent with this hypothesis, then present potential ways forward to elucidate the validity of this hypothesis in humans through rigorous controlled trials.",
author = "Cardel, {Michelle I.} and Greg Pavela and Emily Dhurandhar and Allison, {David B.}",
note = "Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Our research has been supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council under grant BB/J016446/1 and the European Research Council under grant AdG 666669 (COMSTAR). Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31500901) and the Education Project for Young Scholar, Shanghai Planning Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences, China (B1701). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Cambridge University Press.",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1017/S0140525X16001357",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
pages = "18--19",
journal = "Behavioral and Brain Sciences",
issn = "0140-525X",
}