food insecurity

For kids, food insecurity is about more than hunger - Futurity For children, food insecurity means not only hunger, but also sadness and stress, a new study shows. Parents who experience food insecurity might think they’re protecting their kids from their family’s food situation if they eat...

Food insecurity linked with greater risk of premature death - UPI "Food insecurity" -- not having enough money to afford sufficient food -- increases the risk of premature death, new research suggests. For the study, researchers analyzed data from more than 510,000 adults in Canada between...

Food Insecurity in America Tied to Prices, Poverty - US News Millions of Americans lack consistent access to sufficient food. A new report explores the reasons why. High food prices have contributed to a stubborn food-insecurity rate across the more than 3,100 counties in the U.S. during the...

Food Is Health Pilot Improves Patients' Diabetes Markers - AAFP An Ohio-based family medicine residency program has discovered a way to encourage good nutrition in patients with diabetes whose households also struggle with food insecurity. Even better, outcomes one year after the start of the...