People who experience food insecurity are at greater risk of dying prematurely and living a shorter life after age 50, researchers say, underscoring how a fairly prevalent problem can impact individual health.
Researchers also found estimated life expectancy at age 50 was 32.5 years among individuals with full food security, compared with 29.9 years among adults with marginal food security, 30 years among those with low food security and 28 years among individuals with very low food security.
By gender, the new study found women with very low food security lived an average of 5.8 years less at age 50 compared with women with full food security.
Men with very low food security, meanwhile, had a life expectancy three years shorter than men with full food security at that age threshold.
For example, whites with very low food security lived 6.2 fewer years on average at age 50 than whites with full food security.
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Medicine, Centers for Disease Control
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U.S