Struggling to afford food today could mean heart problems tomorrow. Young adults experiencing food insecurity have a 41% greater risk of developing heart disease in midlife, even after accounting for ...

Food insecurity, influenced by socioeconomic factors, is a public health crisis linked to chronic diseases, mental health issues, and obesity. Existing support systems like SNAP and food banks are ...

In a recent study published in the JAMA Network Open, researchers utilized a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey-based study of United States (US) adults to investigate the associations ...

If you’ve listened to public radio, tuned in to television news or scrolled through news feeds at any point in the last few years, you may have noted one commonplace term: “uncertainty.” Brancaccio: I ...

Food insecurity is not only linked with, but directly causes symptoms of anxiety and depression, according to research published in the open-access journal PLOS Mental Health. Melissa Bateson of ...

Benjamin Selwyn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The emotional experience of insecurity is often driven by negative cognitions about the self. However, there’s an important distinction between thoughts and beliefs. Thoughts are mental events that ...