More about

Food Insecurity

News
January 05, 2024
2 min read
Save

Food insecurity associated with behavioral issues in infancy

Food insecurity associated with behavioral issues in infancy

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.

News
December 29, 2023
1 min read
Save

Food, housing insecurity among barriers to diabetic retinopathy screenings

Food, housing insecurity among barriers to diabetic retinopathy screenings

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.

News
December 07, 2023
2 min read
Save

Women with food insecurity, low BMI more likely to have hepatic steatosis

Women with food insecurity, low BMI more likely to have hepatic steatosis

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.

News
November 28, 2023
2 min read
Save

Food insecurity associated with dementia risk

Food insecurity associated with dementia risk

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.

News
November 11, 2023
2 min read
Save

Food insecurity, low household income raises risk for MASLD in adolescents

Food insecurity, low household income raises risk for MASLD in adolescents

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.

News
October 24, 2023
3 min read
Save

Early onset CRC mortality in Southern US linked to poor food environment

Early onset CRC mortality in Southern US linked to poor food environment

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.

News
October 09, 2023
1 min read
Save

Vision impairment may be associated with food insecurity

Vision impairment may be associated with food insecurity

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.

News
October 05, 2023
2 min read
Save

Juvenile arthritis prevalence increases with age, depression, food insecurity

Juvenile arthritis prevalence increases with age, depression, food insecurity

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.

News
October 03, 2023
4 min read
Save

Q&A: How pediatricians can screen for food insecurity

Q&A: How pediatricians can screen for food insecurity

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

News
September 15, 2023
4 min read
Save

Produce prescription programs tied to clinical gains in cardiometabolic health measures

Produce prescription programs tied to clinical gains in cardiometabolic health measures

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.

View more