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Food insecurity and health: data from the veterans aging cohort study.

TitleFood insecurity and health: data from the veterans aging cohort study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsWang, Emily A., Kathleen A. McGinnis, Joseph Goulet, Kendall Bryant, Cynthia Gibert, David A. Leaf, Kristin Mattocks, Lynn E. Fiellin, Nicholas Vogenthaler, Amy C. Justice, and David A. Fiellin
Corporate AuthorsVeterans Aging Cohort Study Project Team
JournalPublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Volume130
Issue3
Pagination261-8
Date Published2015 May-Jun
ISSN1468-2877
AbstractFood insecurity may be a modifiable and independent risk factor for worse control of medical conditions, but it has not been explored among veterans. We determined the prevalence of, and factors independently associated with, food insecurity among veterans in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS).
Alternate JournalPublic Health Rep

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