Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease
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This paper proposes a framework for considering how the lived experience of household food insecurity may potentiate the development of chronic disease by activating the stress response among individuals at critical developmental periods in a food-impoverished environment.About:
This article is published in Advances in Nutrition.The article was published on 2013-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 361 citations till now.read more
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Promoting Food Security for All Children
Benjamin A. Gitterman,Lance A. Chilton,William H. Cotton,James H. Duffee,Patricia Flanagan,Virginia Keane,Scott D. Krugman,Alice A. Kuo,Julie M. Linton,Carla D. McKelvey,Gonzalo J. Paz-Soldan,Stephen R. Daniels,Steven A. Abrams,Mark R. Corkins,Sarah D. de Ferranti,Neville H. Golden,Sheela N. Magge,Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg +17 more
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The Struggle Is Real: A Systematic Review of Food Insecurity on Postsecondary Education Campuses
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review of peer-reviewed and gray literature to assess the prevalence of food insecurity on postsecondary education institutions, as well as factors related to food insecurity among students and suggested/practiced solutions is presented.
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Food Security and the 2015-2030 Sustainable Development Goals: From Human to Planetary Health: Perspectives and Opinions.
TL;DR: Improved food security governance based on sound, equitable, and sustainable food systems that benefit from modern information and sustainable and equitable agricultural technologies is essential for countries to meet the SDGs.
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Food insecurity as a driver of obesity in humans: The insurance hypothesis.
TL;DR: The insurance hypothesis as discussed by the authors is rooted in adaptive evolutionary thinking: the function of storing fat is to provide a buffer against shortfall in the food supply, and individuals should store more fat when they receive cues that access to food is uncertain.
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The Relationship between Food Insecurity, Dietary Patterns, and Obesity.
TL;DR: A review of the current literature revealed that an adverse association between food insecurity and dietary patterns is well supported and the association betweenfood insecurity and obesity is strongest for women, with results for men and children being mixed.
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Stress, eating and the reward system
Tanja C. Adam,Elissa S. Epel +1 more
TL;DR: A theoretical model of Reward Based Stress Eating is proposed, which emphasizes the role of cortisol and reward circuitry on motivating calorically dense food intake, and elucidating potential neuroendocrine mediators in the relationship between stress and eating.
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Chronic stress and obesity: A new view of “comfort food”
Mary F. Dallman,Norman C. Pecoraro,Susan F. Akana,Susanne E. la Fleur,Francisca Gomez,Hani Houshyar,M. E. Bell,Seema Bhatnagar,Kevin D. Laugero,Sotara Manalo +9 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that people eat comfort food in an attempt to reduce the activity in the chronic stress-response network with its attendant anxiety, which may explain some of the epidemic of obesity occurring in the authors' society.
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Food Insecurity Is Associated with Chronic Disease among Low-Income NHANES Participants
TL;DR: Data show that food insecurity is associated with cardiovascular risk factors, and health policy discussions should focus increased attention on ability to afford high-quality foods for adults with or at risk for chronic disease.
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Stress may add bite to appetite in women: a laboratory study of stress-induced cortisol and eating behavior
TL;DR: Results suggest that psychophysiological response to stress may influence subsequent eating behavior, and over time, these alterations could impact both weight and health.
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Food insecurity is associated with diabetes mellitus: results from the National Health Examination and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002.
TL;DR: Among adults with food insecurity, increased consumption of inexpensive food alternatives, which are often calorically dense and nutritionally poor, may play a role in this relationship.