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A Cross-Sectional Study Exploring the Role of Social Isolation in the Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Depressive Symptoms, and Resource Use Among Midwestern Rural Veterans in the U.S.

Mwiza A Uwashimimana, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Douglas A Sneddon, Jake Newton, Heather A Eicher-Miller

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Article in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Mwiza A UwashimimanaDepartment of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Shelley MacDermid WadsworthDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.
Douglas A SneddonDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.
Jake NewtonDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.
Heather A Eicher-MillerDepartment of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1261-4291

Funding

Bob Woodruff Foundation 21101627Danone Institute International Association and the French Foundation for Medical Research Danone International Prize for Alimentation 2023-2024Lilly Endowment 2019-1354National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2021-46100-35458United States Department of Agriculture Hatch Project IND90005789
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Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesThe study's objective was to determine whether social isolation serves as a mediator in the cross-sectional relationship between food insecurity, both as a short-term and longer-term situation, with resource use and depressive symptoms as outcomes.

methodsThis cross-sectional design study utilized secondary survey data, including 30-day and 12-month food security measured by the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module. The Baron-Kenny mediation approach was used to determine whether social isolation mediated the relationship between food security, depressive symptoms, and resource use (

resultsSocial isolation mediates the association between both 30-day and 12-month food security with depressive symptoms but not resource use.

conclusionsAcknowledging and targeting social isolation, policies, and interventions that integrate peer support and community outreach to promote food security could support rural veterans food security and mental health.

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DepressionFood InsecurityFood SupplyRural PopulationSocial IsolationVeteransAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFood SecurityHumansMaleMiddle AgedMidwestern United StatesUnited Statesdepressionfood securitysocial isolation

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PMID39861448
PMCPMC11769182

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