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Food insecurity and emotional health in the USA: a systematic narrative review of longitudinal research.
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99 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Senior food insecurity in the USA: a systematic literature review.Public health nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Intimate Partner Violence against Women Living in Inadequate Conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Meta-Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Developing the NOMI framework for food and nutrition security in a climate-exposed delta: qualitative evidence from the Indian Sundarbans.Dialogues in health · 2026Article
- More expansive state supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility, intimate partner violence, and mental health during the preconception, prenatal, and postpartum periods.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- Associations between mid-life and later-life food insecurity on probable dementia in a national sample of United States adults.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
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- Financial precarity and mental health among French health students: a nationwide cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Supporting the Synergy Between School Meal Programs and Food Banks to Combat Food Insecurity Among Children: A Bayesian Mindsponge Framework Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Food insecurity as an underexplored pathway linking ethnic enclave contexts and anxiety among Dominicans in the United States.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Associations of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale with Socioeconomic and Psychological Factors in Japan.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Association Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health Among College Students in the Bronx, New York (NY).Nutrients · 2025Article
- Food insecurity and disordered eating: Associations among adults with and without children.Appetite · 2025Article
- Psychosocial and Academic Implications of Food Insecurity Among International Students: A Qualitative Study in Hungary.Nutrients · 2025Article
- New and Recurring Food Insecurity During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- Hungry for connection: associations between social isolation, mental health, and food insecurity in regional Australian adults.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Food insecurity and cognitive domains among older United States adults: Findings from the health and retirement study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Bidirectional Relationship Between Nutrition and Mental Health and Its Impact on the Health of Canadian Immigrants: An Integrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health Among Syrians and Syrian Refugees Working in Agriculture During COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Understanding the Reasons Why Patients With Food Insecurity Decline Social Assistance at a Large Academic Medical Center.AJPM focus · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the causal directionality in the relationship between food insecurity and emotional well-being among US-based populations.
designSystematic literature review from January 2006 to July 2016 using MEDLINE (PubMed), PsychInfo, Web of Science and CINHAL. Inclusion criteria were: written in English; examined a longitudinal association between food insecurity and emotional well-being.
settingThe USA. SUBJECTS: Children and adults.
resultsTwelve out of 4161 peer-reviewed articles met inclusion criteria. Three articles examined the effect of emotional well-being on food insecurity, five studies examined the effect of food insecurity on emotional well-being, and four studies examined a bidirectional relationship. Most studies (83 %) reported a positive relationship between negative emotional well-being and food insecurity over time.
conclusionsFindings suggest a bidirectional association whereby food insecurity increases the risk of poor emotional health, and poor emotional health increases the risk of food insecurity. Better-constructed studies are needed to follow cohorts at risk for both food insecurity and poor emotional health to further understand the mediators and moderators of the relationships. Intervention studies designed to mitigate or reverse risks are also needed to determine best evidence for practice and policy.
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