ReviewAmerican journal of preventive medicine2017
Biobehavioral Factors That Shape Nutrition in Low-Income Populations: A Narrative Review.
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97 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Dietary, Food Security and Diabetes Outcomes Associated with Food Is Medicine Programs among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in the United States: A Rapid Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
- Maternal and early-life area-level characteristics and childhood adiposity: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- Rural-urban differences in body mass index and obesity-related behaviors among low-income preschoolers.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2021Trial
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- Nutrition Interventions Integrated into an Existing Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Program Reduce Food Insecurity Among Recently Delivered and Pregnant Women in Bangladesh.The Journal of nutrition · 2019Trial
- Are evidence-based, community-engaged energy balance interventions enough for extremely vulnerable populations?Translational behavioral medicine · 2018Trial
- A Randomized Trial to Address Food Insecurity and Promote Smoking Cessation Among Low-Income Adults.Journal of primary care & community healthTrial
- Perceived Barriers to Micronutrient-Rich Diets Among Charitable-Service Users in Two European Settings: A Qualitative Pilot Study.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Food insecurity, social isolation, and intrinsic capacity: An age-stratified analysis of US adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Dietary patterns in western patients with hidradenitis suppurativa: a cross-sectional study using the rapid prime diet quality screener.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Household income and food addiction symptoms predict ultra-processed foods intake in Brazilian university students: implications for policy.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026Article
- From pantry to physiology: A narrative review linking food insecurity to biological dysfunction.Dialogues in health · 2026Review
- Examining the effects of two dietary intervention approaches on disordered eating-related thoughts and behaviors in adults with moderate to moderately severe depressive symptoms.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Location-Specific Predictors of Double Burden of Malnutrition among Nigerian Mother-Child Pairs: Re-evaluating Dietary Quality and Socioeconomic Factors.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- A narrative review of lifestyle management guidelines for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2026Review
- What drives food choices? Sociodemographic predictors in a representative Czech population sample.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Long-term risk of offspring type 1 and type 2 diabetes following maternal gestational diabetes mellitus: a nationwide birth cohort study with 10-year follow-up.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Socio-ecological influences on adolescent dietary typologies.Nutrition and health · 2026Article
- Dietary Determinants of Diabetes Prevalence: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Hungarian Population.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Randomized unconditional cash transfers improved diet quantity and quality in a low-income community in Massachusetts, USA.Nature food · 2026Article
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Abstract
Although evidence exists for an association between income level and diet quality, a causal relationship has not been established. A number of studies found that the price of nutritious food and the time cost to prepare foods are economically driven reasons for this relationship. However, in addition to economic constraints, low-income individuals and families face a number of additional challenges linked with food choice, eating behaviors, and diet-related chronic conditions that contribute to diet quality and health. Low-income individuals have a higher burden of employment-, food-, and housing-related insecurity that threaten the livelihood of their household. Poverty and exposure to these insecurities are hypothesized to activate biobehavioral and psychological mechanisms-endocrine, immune, and neurologic systems-that influence food choice and consumption. Examples of biobehavioral and psychological factors that influence diet are stress, poor sleep, and diminished cognitive capacity. High levels of stress, poor sleep, and cognitive overload compound the challenges of economic constraints, creating a mentality of scarcity that leads to poor diet quality.
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