Association of Food Insecurity With Allostatic Load Among Older Adults in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Allostatic overload, a biomarker of wear and tear, could be the potential pathway through which food insecurity leads to increased morbidity risk.

Objective

To assess the association of food insecurity with allostatic load (AL) among US adults aged 50 years or older.

Design, setting, and participants

A multiwave longitudinal cohort study was conducted using data from the 2006 to 2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study in a national cohort study setting. The data comprise 26 509 person-years observations from 14 394 noninstitutionalized individuals aged 50 years or older during the study period. Data were analyzed from September 1 to December 14, 2020.

Exposures

Moderate food insecurity (not enough money to buy the food needed) and severe food i

SUBMITTER: Pak TY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8652609 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature