ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2023
Food insecurity and subjective cognitive complaints among adults aged ≥ 65 years from low- and middle-income countries.
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- Subjective estimation of cognitive function in mild cognitive impairment: relationship with neurodegenerative and non-degenerative factors.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
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- Neurocognitive disorders, depression, and associated factors in younger and older adults from an urban-marginalized area of Peru.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic determinants of cognition among older adults in the Brazilian longitudinal study of aging (ELSI-Brazil): a life-course approach.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Article
- Associations between low food security and subjective memory complaints among Latino adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Food and Water Insecurity and Functional Disability in Adults.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Severe food insecurity among middle-aged and older adults in India: Insights from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India.Global food security · 2025Article
- Exploring Food Insecurity and Perceived Stress on Daytime Sleepiness among Older Adults in New York City.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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purposeTo date, no study has investigated the association between food insecurity and subjective cognitive complaints (SCC). Thus, the aims of the present study were to examine this association among older adults in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and to identify the potential mediators in this association, given the importance of SCC in dementia risk among older people, and the projected particularly large increase in dementia in this setting.
methodsCross-sectional, community-based, nationally representative data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Study on global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) collected between 2007 and 2010 were analyzed. Two questions on subjective memory and learning complaints in the past 30 days were used to create a SCC scale ranging from 0 (No SCC) to 100 (worse SCC). Past 12 month food insecurity was assessed with two questions on frequency of eating less and hunger due to lack of food. Multivariable linear regression and mediation (Karlson-Holm-Breen method) analyses were conducted to assess associations.
resultsData on 14,585 individuals aged ≥ 65 years [mean (SD) age 72.6 (11.5) years; 55.0% females] were analyzed. Severe food insecurity (vs. no food insecurity) was associated with 9.16 (95% CI = 6.95-11.37) points higher mean SCC score. Sleep/energy (mediated% 37.9%; P < 0.001), perceived stress (37.2%; P = 0.001), and depression (13.7%; P = 0.008) partially explained the association between severe food insecurity and SCC.
conclusionFood insecurity was associated with SCC among older adults in LMICs. Future studies should assess whether addressing food insecurity among older adults in LMICs can improve cognitive health.
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