To test whether food-insecurity status predicted concurrent symptoms of anxiety and depression and compare the relative strength of associations, we fitted a single LMM (Model 1) with the continuous scaled GAD or PHQ score (score) as the outcome variable and scale type (scale: GAD versus PHQ), food-insecurity status (FI status: FS versus FI) and their interaction as fixed predictors. Here, GAD1 is linked to depressive symptom measurement.