Food Insecurity
Q&A: Primary care intervention offers help for food insecurity
About 11% of U.S. households experienced food insecurity in 2018, and that could reach more than 16% amid the pandemic, data show.
Food insecurity in GI: ‘Steps can be taken’ as a provider to further equity
The accompanying article in this month’s issue on food insecurity in our gastroenterology patients in many ways is eye-opening and discomfort-producing.
Food insecurity: A growing pain in the United States
Food insecurity may confer higher CV death risk in younger adults
Although food insecurity in the U.S. has improved since 2011, adults aged younger than 65 years impacted by food security continue to experience elevated risk for CV death.
Food insecurity influences weight-loss attempts among healthy weight children
In households with food insecurity, children with healthy weight were more likely to attempt weight loss, while food insecurity played no role in the weight-loss practices of children with overweight or obesity, study data show.
Food insecurity tied to increased risk for mortality in US adults
People who experience food insecurity in the United States may be more likely to experience all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to a study published in Health Promotion Practice.
Top in GI: Racial injustice in health care, food insecurity in IBD
Last week’s top story in gastroenterology was about the state of racial injustice in America and how the medical community should be responding to it.
Food insecurity, lack of social support common in IBD
One in eight patients with inflammatory bowel disease are food insecure and lack social support, according to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Unemployment affects health during COVID-19 pandemic
Unemployment in the United States is reaching record highs, with 4.4 million people filing for unemployment benefits in the week of April 18, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.