A Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA Cardiology reveals that food insecurity during young adulthood leads to a 41% higher risk of heart disease later in life. The study analyzed data from the CARDIA cohort and found that individuals who faced food insecurity were significantly more prone to develop cardiovascular issues compared to their food-secure counterparts. This research underscores the importance of addressing food accessibility as a preventive measure against future heart disease, establishing that food insecurity precedes health complications rather than being a consequence of them.
For a long time, there was this chicken-or-the-egg question - does food insecurity cause heart disease, or does heart disease make food insecurity worse because of the high cost of health care?
We've known that food insecurity and heart disease often go hand in hand, but this study shows, for the first time, that food insecurity comes first.
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