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    Food insecurity risk related to diabetes later in life    
      
     Date:   
         May 9, 2022   
     Source:   
         Washington State University   
     Summary:   
         Young adults who were at risk of food insecurity had increased   
         incidence of diabetes 10 years later, according to a new   
         study. While previous research has associated food insecurity with a   
         range of health issues including diabetes, obesity and hypertension,   
         this study showed a connection over time, suggesting a causal   
         relationship. Researchers analyzed data on nearly 4,000 people from   
         the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. They   
         found that adults ages 24-32 who said they'd been worried about food   
         running out in the last year showed greater incidence of diabetes,   
         either through blood glucose tests or self-reports, at ages 32-42,   
         compared to those who did not report food insecurity risk.   
      
      
      
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   Young adults who were at risk of food insecurity had increased incidence   
   of diabetes 10 years later, according to a Washington State University   
   study.   
      
      
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   While previous research has associated food insecurity with a range of   
   health issues including diabetes, obesity and hypertension, this study   
   showed a connection over time, suggesting a causal relationship.   
      
   In the study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, researchers analyzed   
   data on nearly 4,000 people from the National Longitudinal Study of   
   Adolescent to Adult Health. They found that adults ages 24-32 who said   
   they'd been worried about food running out in the last year showed greater   
   incidence of diabetes, either through blood glucose tests or self-reports,   
   at ages 32-42, compared to those who did not report food insecurity risk.   
      
   "When we look at the data 10 years later, we do see this separation in   
   prevalence of diabetes: those that experienced risk of food insecurity   
   at young adulthood are more likely to have diabetes in middle adulthood,"   
   said Cassandra Nguyen, the study's lead author and an assistant professor   
   with WSU's Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community   
   Health or IREACH.   
      
   While the study could not identify the exact reason for this connection,   
   previous research has shown that food-insecure households often have   
   diets with lower nutritional values.   
      
   "Eating according to the dietary guidelines tends to cost more money,   
   and it may cost more time," said Nguyen. "It's not always accessible   
   to households that have limitations such as transportation to sources   
   of lower cost, nutritionally dense food."  Nguyen added that people   
   experiencing food insecurity can also get caught in a negative reinforcing   
   cycle: when food insecurity is associated with a diet that contributes   
   to disease risk, which then creates additional health care expenses,   
   stressing a household's economic resources and deepening food insecurity.   
      
      
      
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   The study did not reveal differences among race or ethnicity, but the   
   authors noted that the numbers of minorities in the sample may be too   
   low to show a pattern.   
      
   For future work, the research team plans to investigate food insecurity   
   risk and health issues within American Indian and Alaska Native   
   populations. These communities are often left out of annual reports on   
   food insecurity, which means they may be overlooked when reforms are made   
   to food assistance programs and policies. Nguyen recently led a review   
   of 30 studies that found food insecurity estimates in Native populations   
   varied widely, but even the lowest estimate far exceeds the prevalence   
   among non-Hispanic white adults.   
      
   Interventions -- such as SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance   
   Program, it's educational component SNAP-Ed and EFNEP, the Expanded   
   Food and Nutrition Education Program -- have been shown to be effective   
   in improving diet and health, Nguyen said. But to benefit from them,   
   people have to be counted first.   
      
   "It's really important to ensure that individuals who are experiencing   
   food insecurity are able to be identified and that they have resources   
   made available to them to be able to break the cycle," she said.   
      
   The study was conducted by an interdisciplinary team all affiliated with   
   IREACH: Nguyen, who published the work under her maiden name Nikolaus,   
   and Luciana Herbert are both from WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine;   
   Anna Zamora-Kapoor from the WSU Department of Sociology and Ka'imi   
   Sinclair from the WSU College of Nursing.   
      
   This research is supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and   
   Digestive and Kidney Diseases through a grant to the Center for American   
   Indian and Alaska Native Diabetes Translation Research.   
      
      
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   Story Source: Materials provided by Washington_State_University. Original   
   written by Sara Zaske. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.   
      
      
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   Journal Reference:   
      1. Cassandra J Nikolaus, Luciana E Hebert, Anna Zamora-Kapoor, Ka`imi   
         Sinclair. Risk of Food Insecurity in Young Adulthood and   
         Longitudinal Changes in Cardiometabolic Health: Evidence from the   
         National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. The   
         Journal of Nutrition, 2022; DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxac055   
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220509100931.htm   
      
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