ReviewCurrent cardiovascular risk reports2021
Food Insecurity and its Impact on Body Weight, Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mental Health.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nutrition literacy assessment in older adults: a scoping review of measurement tools.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of food aid interventions on food insecurity, diet quality and mental health in households with children in high-income countries: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- The lived experience of food insecurity among adults with obesity: a quantitative and qualitative systematic review.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Association between food insecurity and chronic noncommunicable diseases in Brazil: a systematic review.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2024Pooled it
- Feeding the Family-A Food Is Medicine Intervention: Preliminary Baseline Results of Clinical Data from Caregivers and Children.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Novel intervention to improve food insecurity among individuals with opioid use disorder: A randomized clinical trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- Development of a statewide network hub for screening, referral, and enrollment into food as medicine programs across Kentucky.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
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- Where You Live Shapes Diabetes Risk: Multilevel Determinants of Type 2 Diabetes in the East South Central United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Silent struggles: food insecurity and mental health among Syrian refugees in Türkiye.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Interventions to address individual/household food insecurity in Europe since COVID-19: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Food access relates to loss of control eating in adolescents with cardiometabolic conditions: Exploration of week-to-week variation.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Direct and Indirect Pathways Between Food Insecurity and Glycemic Control in Adults with Diabetes.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Feasibility study of a screening decision tool for allocating adults into food is medicine programs as an effective approach to target clinical and dietary outcomes among rural and urban adults.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Food insecurity is associated with abdominal obesity, body roundness index, mental health, mood, and sleep-related outcomes among Iranian older adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Intersectoral Strategies for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Management in Emerging Countries: A Narrative Review of Food Sovereignty, Digital Health, and Syndemic Dynamics.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Trends in Breast Cancer Screening Between Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without Food Insecurity.AJPM focus · 2025Article
- Examining the interconnections among income, food prices, food insecurity, and health expenditure: a multicausality approach.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewFood insecurity (FI) is a serious public health issue affecting 2 billion people worldwide. FI is associated with increased risk for multiple chronic diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and mental health. We selected these four chronic diseases given their global prevalence and comorbid associations with each other. We evaluated the most recent literature published over the past 5 years and offer strategies for the screening of FI. RECENT
findingsRecent systematic reviews and meta-analyses report an association between FI and obesity in adult women as well as adult men and women living in low- and middle-income countries. Gender differences also were observed between FI and type 2 diabetes, such that adult women showed an increased risk for type 2 diabetes. This association was influenced by social determinants of health. Very low food security (i.e., high FI) was associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease and a higher risk for cardiovascular disease mortality. Finally, several studies showed an association between FI and adverse mental health outcomes, including increased risk for stress, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and suicidal ideation. SUMMARY: FI and its negative association with body weight, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and mental health provide a compelling rationale for identification of FI in clinical settings. Brief, well-validated screening measures are available in multiple languages. Despite the need for FI screening, many guidelines do not address its implementation. For this reason, more research and targeted interventions are needed to increase FI screening rates and close the loop in the coordination of resources.
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