SynthesisPloS one2024
The impact of food insecurity on mental health among older adults residing in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.
Synthesis in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Bridging the gap: technology-driven solutions to overcome food insecurity and improve nutrition access for older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Food-evoked nostalgia as a mediator between food-related satisfaction and psychological distress among older adults: a structural equation modeling approach.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Food insecurity is associated with abdominal obesity, body roundness index, mental health, mood, and sleep-related outcomes among Iranian older adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Food insecurity and mental health outcomes among people with HIV in West Africa.AIDS (London, England) · 2025Article
- Association of food insecurity with diet quality and anthropometric measurements among American elderly: results from 2017 to 2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity Is an Important Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease: A Case-Control Study.Journal of research in health sciences · 2025Article
- Household food security and its influence on psychological well-being: a cross-sectional study among adults in slums in Bangladesh.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in Middle to Older Adults.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Food and Water Insecurity and Functional Disability in Adults.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Cross-sectional association of food insecurity with loneliness in older adults: The role of sex, age, and psychosomatic factors.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Article
- Self-Perception of Mental Health and Exacerbated Social Inequalities Among Vulnerable Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil (2021-2023).Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Over the past few years, food insecurity has been increasing globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, economic downturns and conflict and a number of other intersecting factors. Older adults residing in low- and middle-income countries are more vulnerable to food insecurity. While the impacts of food insecurity on physical health outcomes have been thoroughly researched, the effect on mental health outcomes remains under-researched, especially among older adults. Hence, this systematic review aims to investigate existing literature to assess how food insecurity impacts the mental health of older persons residing in LMICs. A systematic search of six databases and Google for studies was conducted. The search was limited to studies written in English and published between 2000 to the present. We identified 725 studies, out of which 40 studies were selected for a full-text review and 12 studies were included for a final analysis. The significant finding in all the included studies was that food insecurity is associated with the worsening mental health of older adults. We also found a complex interplay of factors such as gender, age, rural/urban and health conditions associated with the aggravation of several mental health outcomes. The findings of this study illuminate the need for improved food programs to improve food security and, consequently, mental health among older adults.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.