Food Insecurity

The presence of household food insecurity or issues accessing food benefits like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the first months of life is associated with signs of behavioral issues in infants, a study found.

Food or housing insecurity, mental health and cultural understanding with the practitioner are among the barriers to receiving regular diabetic retinopathy screenings, according to research published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

BOSTON — Women who experience food insecurity and have a BMI less than 25 kg/m2 had higher odds of hepatic steatosis compared with overweight women or those with obesity, regardless of HIV status, according to research at The Liver Meeting.

Food insecurity was linked to an increased risk for dementia and faster memory decline among older adults, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

BOSTON — Food insecurity in adolescents is “very tightly associated” with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, which may result from not being able to eat or purchase a balanced meal, according to a researcher.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The “disproportionate density” of early-onset colorectal cancer mortality in the Southern United States is associated with high food insecurity and low access to healthy food, according to a presenter here.

In a sample of U.S. adults, vision impairment was associated with food insecurity, defined as “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate or safe foods,” according to a poster presentation at Real World Ophthalmology.

Approximately 220,000 children in the United States were diagnosed with arthritis between 2017 and 2021, with a higher prevalence among those aged 12 to 17 years or living in a food-insecure household, according to data.

In a recent “Patient Page” in JAMA Pediatrics, physicians discussed how families and pediatricians can address food insecurity in children.

An analysis of 22 produce prescription programs throughout the U.S. suggests that the interventions improve fruit and vegetable intake, reduce food insecurity and are tied to clinically significant gains in cardiometabolic health measures.