SynthesisAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2020
Food Insecurity and Cognitive Function in Middle to Older Adulthood: A Systematic Review.
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- Interventions to reduce social isolation and food insecurity in older adults: a systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Symptom-Heavy Nutritional Insecurity in Older Adults Initiating Chemotherapy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 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
- Considerations in Alzheimer's Disease in Women.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2026Review
- Association between food insecurity and healthy ageing: two population-based studies.Nutrition journal · 2026Article
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- Discrimination and vigilance as psychosocial pathways from food insecurity to cognitive difficulty among U.S. adults: a moderated mediation analysis.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- 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
- Neighborhood Social and Physical Environment and Cognitive Function Among Brazilian Adults Aged 50.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- The Role of the Neural Exposome as a Novel Strategy to Identify and Mitigate Health Inequities in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Food insecurity, food assistance, and physical and cognitive functioning among older Americans.PloS one · 2025Article
- Leveraging Social Determinants of Health in Alzheimer's Research Using LLM-Augmented Literature Mining and Knowledge Graphs.AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity and Dementia Risk in U.S. Older Adults: Evidence From the 2013-2021 Panel Study of Income Dynamics.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Food insecurity, inflammation, and immune function among older US adults: Findings from the health and Retirement study.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2024Article
- Food insecurity and associated health and social determinants among older adults in Ghana: Analysis of the WHO's study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE), 2014-2015.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Association of food insecurity with successful aging among older Indians: study based on LASI.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Food insecurity and health-related quality of life among a nationally representative sample of older adults: cross-sectional analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Impact of food insecurity on cognitive health in older adults: insights from the NHANES 2011-2014 data.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Methods for Assessing Health Outcomes Associated with Food Insecurity in the United States College Student Population: A Narrative Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Food insecurity (FI) may limit cognitive functioning during aging. The goal of this systematic review was to summarize existing evidence linking FI and general or specific cognitive functions in middle and older adulthood. A systematic search of human studies published between 1 January 2000 and 30 April 2018 was conducted in PubMed, PsycINFO, and CAB Direct. Four independent reviewers assessed the eligibility of identified articles and conducted data extraction and data quality assessment. Ten studies were included in the review, including 1 cluster-randomized controlled trial, 2 longitudinal studies, and 7 cross-sectional studies. Three studies reported the association between early-life FI experience and a global cognitive function measure. Nine studies reported later-life FI experience in relation to global or specific cognitive functions. The results suggest an adverse association between FI experienced in early or later life and global cognitive function; and between later-life FI and executive function and memory. Findings from the review are preliminary because of sparse data, heterogeneity across study populations, exposure and outcome assessments, and potential risk of bias across studies. Future studies are recommended to better understand the role of FI in cognitive function, with the goal of identifying possible critical windows for correction of FI in vulnerable subpopulations to prevent neurocognitive deficit in adulthood.
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