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.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e110 |
| Pages (from-to) | 18-19 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
| Volume | 40 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2017 |
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Cardel, M. I., Pavela, G., Dhurandhar, E., & Allison, D. B. (2017). Future research directions for the insurance hypothesis regarding food insecurity and obesity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, 18-19. [e110]. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X16001357