Household food insecurity
Intervention1 paper3 findings
Outcomes
3Breast cancer screening uptake
downin humans1Low certainty
1 study
Breast cancer screening uptake
downin humans1Low certainty
Household food insecurity decreases breast cancer screening uptake in humans (pooled relative effect estimate = 0.72; 95% CI: 0.54, 0.96).
Review
The associations between household food insecurity and cancer: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies among adults · Social science & medicine (1982) · 26 Aug 2026
Colorectal cancer screening uptake
downin humans1Low certainty
1 study
Colorectal cancer screening uptake
downin humans1Low certainty
Household food insecurity decreases colorectal cancer screening uptake in humans (pooled relative effect estimate = 0.83; 95% CI: 0.70, 0.98).
Review
The associations between household food insecurity and cancer: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies among adults · Social science & medicine (1982) · 26 Aug 2026
Cancer screening uptake
downin humans1Low certainty
1 study
Cancer screening uptake
downin humans1Low certainty
Household food insecurity decreases cancer screening uptake in humans (pooled relative effect estimate = 0.91; 95% CI: 0.87, 0.96).
Reviewn = 509,291
The associations between household food insecurity and cancer: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies among adults · Social science & medicine (1982) · 26 Aug 2026