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Background: Although food insecure (FI) adults are at risk of chronic conditions, little research attention is given to their health behaviors, such as sleep.

Objective: We examined the associations between adult food security status and sleep duration, sleep latency, and sleep complaints reported to a health care professional.

Methods: Our population-based sample included 5637 men and 5264 women (≥22 y) who participated in the NHANES 2005–2010. Food security status was assessed with USDA's 10-item adult Food Security Survey Module. Self-reported information about sleep duration, sleep latency, and sleep complaints to a health care professional were used as sleep outcomes. Multiple linear, stratified by sex, and logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between food security status and the 3 sleep outcomes.

Results: Very low food secure (FS) women reported significantly shorter …