Delay Discounting and the Income-Food Insecurity-Obesity Paradox in Mothers

Table 3

Models the indirect effect and effect ratios of delay discounting and food choice on the relation between food insecurity and BMI, controlling for education, age, stress, income, house size, and exercise.

Variables	Direct effect of food insecurity on BMI	Effect of food insecurity on BMI (total effect)	Effect of food insecurity on variable (path A)	Effect of variable on BMI (path B)	Food insecurity on BMI through variable (indirect effect)	95% CI		Effect ratio
						Lower	Upper
Parallel indirect effects
Delay discounting	0.372	0.600	−0.013	−9.686	0.133	0.021	0.287	0.222
CFCS	0.372	0.600	−0.032	−2.382	0.075	−0.026	0.196	0.125
Stress	0.372	0.600	1.056	0.018	0.019	−0.106	0.156	0.032
Total	0.372	0.600	—	—	0.228	0.010	0.486	0.380

CFCS = consideration of future consequences scale; significant paths A and B are bolded and noted by  < 0.01, and  < 0.001.