Food insecurity in Norway: A cross-sectional study among patients visiting their general practitioner.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aim to address the knowledge gap surrounding food insecurity in general practice in Norway, focusing on its prevalence among patients, sociodemographic correlates and its relationship with chronic diseases across different age groups.

Methods

This study is cross-sectional, collecting data through 69 general practice clinics in 2022 from patients >18 years old visiting their general practitioner. They answered an anonymous questionnaire with the Cornell-Radimer hunger scale. Questions addressed hunger, concerns about food access, financial difficulties purchasing food, impact on children, patient demographics, children, and use of medications for chronic disease. We present logistic regression models with odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals to examine asso

SUBMITTER: Cioffi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12858646 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature