ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2019
Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease in US Young Adults: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.
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- Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Hypertension Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of Health and Social Factors on the Cardiometabolic Risk in People with Food Insecurity: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Chronic disease burden among Latino farmworkers in California.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- Effect of COVID-19 Stimulus Payments in Mitigating Food Hardship.AJPM focus · 2026Article
- Cumulative Household Food Insecurity Is Associated with Adverse Eating Behaviors Among Youth Exposed to Gestational Diabetes in Utero.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Social Risk Prevalence in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With and Without a History of Cancer.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- The Effect of County-Level Food Insecurity on Baseline Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Patients Undergoing Carpal Tunnel Release.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2026Article
- Living with early-onset type 2 diabetes in young adulthood: a narrative review of lived experience and implications for developmentally appropriate care.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Exploring Food Security, Functional Limitations, and Quality of Life Among Adults 60 Years and Older in New York City: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of aging research · 2026Article
- Policy, Price, and Perception: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study of the Rural Food Environment Among Latina Households.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Who Benefits the Most from Sleep Hygiene Education? Findings from the SLeep Education for Everyone Program (SLEEP).Clocks & sleep · 2025Article
- Food insecurity is associated with poor mental health outcomes among a diverse sample of young adults.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Mortality Outcomes for Survivors of Cancer With Food Insecurity in the US.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- Increasing nutrition knowledge and culinary skills in interprofessional healthcare students: an active learning pilot study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Household food insecurity, sociodemographic and lifestyle risk factors associated with high blood pressure among women in farming communities in Ghana.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in Middle to Older Adults.Nutrients · 2025Article
- The relationship between food insecurity and emotional eating during the coronavirus pandemic in northern California.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Burden of periodontal diseases in young adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Beyond the Nest: The Role of Financial Independence in Young Adult Health.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Persistent Food Insecurity Among Older Adult Cancer Survivors: A National Cohort Study.Oncology nursing forum · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundFood insecurity, or the limited or uncertain access to food resulting from inadequate financial resources, is associated with a higher prevalence of chronic disease in adulthood. Little is known about these relationships specifically in young adulthood, an important time for the development of chronic disease.
objectiveTo determine the association between food insecurity and chronic disease including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and obstructive airway disease in a nationally representative sample of US young adults.
designCross-sectional nationally representative data collected from Wave IV (2008) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health was analyzed using multiple logistic regression models.
participantsUS young adults ages 24-32 years old MAIN MEASURES: Food insecurity and general health; self-reported diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, "very overweight," and obstructive airway disease; measured obesity derived from body mass index; and inadequate disease control (hemoglobin A1c ≥ 7.0%, blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg) among those with reported diabetes and hypertension. KEY
resultsOf the 14,786 young adults in the sample, 11% were food insecure. Food-insecure young adults had greater odds of self-reported poor health (2.63, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.63-4.24), diabetes (1.67, 95% CI 1.18-2.37), hypertension (1.40, 95% CI 1.14-1.72), being "very overweight" (1.30, 95% CI 1.08-1.57), and obstructive airway disease (1.48, 95% CI 1.22-1.80) in adjusted models compared with young adults who were food secure. Food insecurity was not associated with inadequate disease control among those with diabetes or hypertension.
conclusionsFood insecurity is associated with several self-reported chronic diseases and obesity in young adulthood. Health care providers should screen for food insecurity in young adults and provide referrals when appropriate. Future research should evaluate the impact of early interventions to combat food insecurity on the prevention of downstream health effects in later adulthood.
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