Food and Water Insecurity and Functional Disability in Adults
In this study, dual exposure to HFI and HWI was associated with a greater increase in risk of any and specific functional disabilities compared with independent contributions of HFI and HWI alone. These findings highlight the importance of addressing HFI and HWI jointly rather than independently when conducting research on disability and other health outcomes and in designing policies and programs to protect at-risk adults and their households.
Authors
- Aurelian Bidulescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8211-8309)
- Rodrigo X. Armijos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6748-7832)
- Sarah Commodore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9070-0654)
- M. Margaret Weigel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8080-0603)
- Yankun Wang
Institutions
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- Chongqing Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.1271
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63