There has been an explosion of interest in addressing social needs in health care settings.
Some efforts, such as screening patients for social needs and connecting them to needed …

By the year 2030 in the United States, more than 20% of the population will be more than 65
years of age 1 (Fig. 1), up from 15% of the population now. 2 The fastest growing …

Objectives: Reducing utilization of high-cost healthcare services is a common population
health goal. Food insecurity--limited access to nutritious food owing to cost—is associated …

Objective To determine whether food insecurity, limited or uncertain food access owing to
cost, is associated with greater health care expenditures. Data Source/Study Setting …

Integrative explanations of why obesity is more prevalent in some sectors of the human
population than others are lacking. Here, we outline and evaluate one candidate …

Importance It is unclear if helping patients meet resource needs, such as difficulty affording
food, housing, or medications, improves clinical outcomes. Objective To determine the …

This article was published in Kidney International volume 95, pages 242–248, https://doi.
org/10.1016/j. kint. 2018.11. 007, Copyright World Kidney Day 2019 Steering Committee …

Importance Food insecurity is associated with high health care expenditures, but the
effectiveness of food insecurity interventions on health care costs is unknown. Objective To …

Poor nutrition is the leading cause of poor health, health care spending, and lost productivity
in the United States and globally, which acts through cardiometabolic diseases as …

Background Food insecurity, the uncertain ability to access adequate food, can limit
adherence to dietary measures needed to prevent and manage cardiometabolic conditions …