Food Insecurity, Memory, and Dementia Among US Adults Aged 50 Years and Older.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite existing federal programs to increase access to food, food insecurity is common among US older adults. Food insecurity may affect Alzheimer disease and Alzheimer disease-related dementias via multiple mechanisms, yet there is almost no quantitative research evaluating this association.

Objective

To examine whether food insecurity in older adults is associated with later-life cognitive outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study of US residents aged 50 years and older from the US Health and Retirement Study was restricted to respondents with food insecurity data in 2013 and cognitive outcome data between calendar years 2014 and 2018. Analyses were conducted from June 1 to September 22, 2023.

Exposure

Food insecurity status in

SUBMITTER: Qian H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10663972 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature