Knowledge & Health8420131124Prevalence and Outcomes of Food Insecurity and Its Relationship with Some Socioeconomic Factors19319810.1234/knh.v0i0.388FAMahjoubehSafarpour. peivastehsafarpour@yahoo.comAhmadrezaDorosty MotlaqSeyyed MostafaHosseiniFarzanehRanjbar NoshariMahboubehSafarpourMiladDaneshi MaskooniArvinKashaniSamanehAziziArvinKashani20131124Introduction: Food insecurity can influence the individual physical and mental health. The present study aimed to investigate the food insecurity and some of its socioeconomic factors related to families having girl students at high school level in Bandar Anzali, located in the north of Iran. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study held on 400 families having a 9-11 year old girl.To determine the demographic and individual features and food insecurity of the families, subject mothers were invited to an interview to complete the socio-economic and the 18-item USDA food security questionnaires. To determine the economic status, possession of 9 household items was questioned. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and multivariate logistic regression.Results: The prevalence of food insecurity in samples was 51 %. Food insecurity was significantly associated to economic level of the family, the number of employed people and the number of children in the family, the education level of parents, and ownership of house. In households group with food insecurity , children's average weight is significantly lower than other groups.Conclusion: Food insecurity was severly affected by economic level, education and job status of parents.