Food insecurity is positively related to overweight in women.

By M. Townsend, J. Peerson, Bradley C. Love, C. Achterberg, S. Murphy. Journal of NutriLife, 2001

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Why the Poor Get Fat: Weight Gain and Economic Insecurity (2009, background): “A number of authors have reported positive associations between food insecurity and overweight status in women (Olson 1999, Townsend et al. 2001, Basiotis and Lino 2002, Gibson 2003, Wilde and Peterman 2006).”
Food Security (2018, neutral): “(50) In particular, a number of studies report a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity among women who report food insecurity.(51-53) Further, in an Australian systematic review describing the link between poverty, food insecurity and obesity, Burns (48) found that the association between food”
Fetal origins of obesity. (2003, background): “socioeconomic status was associated with obesity in children and adults during the late 20th century (46,47).”
Household food insufficiency is associated with poorer health. (2003, background): “However, four recent analyses of population-level survey data have revealed measures of food insecurity to be significantly associated with overweight and obesity (8,24, 69,70).”
The Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity (2011, background): “Townsend et al. (2001) suggest that abundant food at the beginning of each monthly food stamp cycle leads to overeating, with food becoming scarce at the end of each cycle.”