Food insecurity

1. Food insecurity predicts intrinsic capacity in humans.

   Humans

   Food insecurity, social isolation, and intrinsic capacity: An age-stratified analysis of US adults · The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 23 Sep 2026

1. Food insecurity is associated with cardiovascular disease in humans.

   Humans

   Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome-Related Conditions Among US Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-2020 · Preventing chronic disease · 27 Aug 2026

Cardiovascular disease →

1. Food insecurity raises the risk of stroke in humans (AOR = 2.54).

   Humansvery low food security vs full food security

   Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome-Related Conditions Among US Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-2020 · Preventing chronic disease · 27 Aug 2026

Stroke →

1. Food insecurity raises the risk of myocardial infarction in humans (AOR = 3.21).

   Humansvery low food security vs full food security

   Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome-Related Conditions Among US Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-2020 · Preventing chronic disease · 27 Aug 2026

Myocardial infarction →

1. Food insecurity raises the risk of coronary heart disease in humans (AOR = 3.43).

   Humansvery low food security vs full food security

   Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome-Related Conditions Among US Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-2020 · Preventing chronic disease · 27 Aug 2026

Coronary heart disease →

1. Food insecurity raises the risk of congestive heart failure in humans (AOR = 3.69).

   Humansvery low food security vs full food security

   Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome-Related Conditions Among US Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-2020 · Preventing chronic disease · 27 Aug 2026

Congestive heart failure →

1. Food insecurity is associated with mortality in humans (+41% higher risk).

   Reviewin older adults in ELSA

   Food insecurity and mortality in older adults: a prospective reconstruction · Aging clinical and experimental research · 25 Aug 2026

1. Food insecurity is associated with premature mortality in humans (+126% higher risk).

   Reviewin older adults in ELSA

   Food insecurity and mortality in older adults: a prospective reconstruction · Aging clinical and experimental research · 25 Aug 2026

1. Food insecurity raises the risk of dementia in humans (OR 1.85, 95% CI 1.06–3.23).

   Humansafter multivariable adjustment

   Associations between mid-life and later-life food insecurity on probable dementia in a national sample of United States adults · The American journal of clinical nutrition · 14 Aug 2026

Dementia →