Association between food insecurity and depression among older adults from low‐ and middle‐income countries

• Published in: Depression and anxiety Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 439 - 446
• Main Authors: Smith, Lee, Il Shin, Jae, McDermott, Daragh, Jacob, Louis, Barnett, Yvonne, López‐Sánchez, Guillermo F., Veronese, Nicola, Yang, Lin, Soysal, Pinar, Oh, Hans, Grabovac, Igor, Koyanagi, Ai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Hindawi Limited 01.04.2021; Wiley
• Subjects: Aged; Aging; China; Cross-Sectional Studies; depression; Depression - epidemiology; Developing Countries; Female; Food; Food Insecurity; Food security; Ghana - epidemiology; Humans; Hunger; India; Life Sciences; low‐ and middle‐income countries; Male; Mental depression; Mexico; Middle Aged; older adults; Older people; Prevalence; Russia; Santé publique et épidémiologie; South Africa; Systematic review; Mexico; South Africa; Ghana; China; India; Russia; older adults; depression; food insecurity; low- and middle-income countries

Background To examine the association between self‐reported food insecurity and depression in 34,129 individuals aged ≥50 years from six low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) (China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa). Methods Cross‐sectional, community‐based, nationally representati...