Current Novel Research Efforts
- How children experience food insecurity and how to assess it in children.
- Why food insecurity is so strongly associated with poor health and development outcomes.
- The ways in which social and economic contexts place households at risk of food insecurity and affect the potential to benefit from programs designed to alleviate food insecurity.
- The cumulative impact of food insecurity over the life course.
- How systems science can help identify opportunities to improve responses to food insecurity.
- The role of food insecurity in the development of obesity, HIV, and chronic disease such as diabetes.
- Alleviating food insecurity in seniors.
Associated Affiliate Scholars
- Adams, Elizabeth, Ph.D.
- Blake, Christine, Ph.D., RD
- Bowes, Devin, Ph.D.
- Draper, Carrie, MSW
- Fram, Maryah, Ph.D., MSW
- Frongillo, Edward, Ph.D.
- Kaczynski, Andrew T., Ph.D.
- Krobath, Danielle, Ph.D.
- Liese, Angela, Ph.D.
- Moran, Robert, Ph.D.
- Ozturk, Orgul, Ph.D.
- Younginer, Nicholas, Ph.D.
- Adams E, Brickhouse T, Dugger R, Bean M. Patterns Of Food Security And Dietary Intake During The First Half Of The Child Tax Credit Expansion. Health Affairs. 2022; 41:5. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01864
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Bercaw H, Reid LA, Mendoza JA, Frongillo EA, Liese AD, et al. Food insecurity and adequacy of dietary intake in youth and young adults with youth-onset type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Published online March 27, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jand.2023.03.013
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Brown AD, Liese AD, Shapiro ALB, Frongillo EA, Merchant MT, et al. Household Food Insecurity and Cognition in Youth and Young Adults with Youth-Onset Diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes. 2023;2023:e6382663. doi:10.1155/2023/6382663
- Brown AD, Seligman H, Sliwa S, Barnidge E, Krupsky KL, Demissie Z, Liese AD. Food Insecurity and Suicidal Behaviors Among US High School Students. J Sch Health. 2022;10.1111/josh.13199. doi:10.1111/josh.13199
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Chayama KL, Hufstedler EL, Whittle HJ, Frongillo EA, et al. How food support improves mental health among people living with HIV: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE. 2023;18(3):e0282857. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282857
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Crouch E, Abshire DA, Wirth MD, Hung P, Benavidez GA. Rural–Urban Differences in Overweight and Obesity, Physical Activity, and Food Security Among Children and Adolescents. Prev Chronic Dis. 2023;20:230136. doi:10.5888/pcd20.230136
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Draper CL, Herrnstadt Z, Page Bookhart A. Advancing Food Policy Councils Through SNAP-Ed: From Readiness to Capacity for Future Sustainability. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2023;55(7, Supplement):32. doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2023.05.070
- Draper CL, Younginer N, Rodriguez K, Bruno P, Balestracci K, Samin S. Impacts, Adaptations, and Preparedness Among SNAP-Ed Implementers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multistate Study. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.:10.1097/PHH.0000000000002088. doi:1097/PHH.0000000000002088
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Draper CL, Younginer NA, Young G. COVID-19 Impact on the Financial and Food Situations of South Carolinians Participating in a SNAP-Ed Produce Box Intervention. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2023;55(7, Supplement):3. doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2023.05.008
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Fishbein EM, Frongillo EA, Samin S, Richards AL, Blake CE, Saunders RP, Shapiro CJ, et al. Understanding Commitment of Local Food Banks, Faith-Based Organizations, and Schools to Provide Nongovernment Food Programs. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2023;7(10):102005. doi:10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.102005
- Fram MS, Nguyen HT, Frongillo EA. Food Insecurity Among Adolescent Students From 95 Countries is Associated With Diet, Behavior, and Health, and Associations Differ by Student Age and Sex. Current Developments in Nutrition, 2022, nzac024, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac024
- Frongillo EA. Validity and cross-context equivalence of experience-based measures of food insecurity. Global Food Security 32:100599, 2022.
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Frongillo EA, Bethancourt HJ, Pala AN, et al. Complementing the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module with items reflecting social unacceptability. The Journal of Nutrition. Published online February 24, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.02.023
- Frongillo EA, Fram MS, Ghattas H, et al. Development, Validity, and Cross-Context Equivalence of the Child Food Insecurity Experiences Scale for Assessing Food Insecurity of School-Age Children and Adolescents. J Nutr. 2022;nxac127. doi:10.1093/jn/nxac127
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Julceus EF, Frongillo EA, Mendoza JA, Liese AD, et al. Self-Reported Food Security in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: Association with Hemoglobin A1c and Mental Health Symptoms Independent of Household Food Security. The Journal of Nutrition. Published online December 9, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.12.006
- Julceus EF, Liese AD, Alfalki AM, et al. The Association of Levels of Food Insecurity and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study. Int J Eat Disord. Published online March 12, 2025. doi:1002/eat.24411
- Kalach NE, Julceus EF, Rudisill AC, Frongillo EA, Liese AD, et al. Association between Food Insecurity and Inability to Obtain Provider-Recommended Medications, Multidisciplinary Services, and Technology in Youth and Young Adults with Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study. Endocrine Practice. 2024;0(0). doi:1016/j.eprac.2024.11.014
- Krobath DM, Lawrence JA, Chrisinger BW, Cuevas AG. Safeguarding SNAP as an Effective Antihunger Program: Myths and Potential Harms of Adding Diet Quality as a Core Objective. Am J Public Health. 2025;115(1):37-41. doi:2105/AJPH.2024.307863
- Liese AD. Shining a light on marginal food insecurity in an understudied population. Public Health Nutr. 2022;1-6. doi:10.1017/S1368980022001094
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Liese AD, Brown AD, Frongillo EA, et al. Properties of the Household Food Security Survey Module Scale in Young Adults with Diabetes. The Journal of Nutrition. Published online February 2, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.01.028
- McRell AS, Fram MS, Frongillo EA. Adolescent-reported household food insecurity and adolescents’ poor mental and physical health and food insufficiency in Kenya. Current Developments in Nutrition, 2022; nzac117, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac117
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Palar K, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, et al. Longitudinal Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Engagement in Care, and ART Adherence Among US Women Living with HIV. AIDS Behav. Published online April 17, 2023. doi:10.1007/s10461-023-04053-9
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Pepetone A, Frongillo EA, Dodd KW, Wallace MP, Hammond D, Kirkpatrick SI. Prevalence and Severity of Food Insecurity Before and During the coronavirus disease-2019 Pandemic Among Adults and Youth in Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Journal of Nutrition. Published online January 9, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.12.031
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Puma JE, Quinlan J, Bruno P, Draper C, et al. First Analysis of Nationwide Trends in the Use of the SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Published online January 26, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2022.11.008
- Reid LA, Mendoza JA, Merchant AT, Liese AD, et al. Household food insecurity is associated with diabetic ketoacidosis but not severe hypoglycemia or glycemic control in youth and young adults with youth-onset type 2 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes. 2022; 1- 9. doi:10.1111/pedi.13386
- Reid LA, Zheng S, Mendoza JA, Liese AD, et al. Household Food Insecurity and Fear of Hypoglycemia in Adolescents and Young Adults With Diabetes and Parents of Youth With Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2022;dc211807. doi:10.2337/dc21-1807
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Seligman HK, Levi R, Adebiyi VO, Coleman-Jensen A, Guthrie JF, Frongillo EA. Assessing and Monitoring Nutrition Security to Promote Healthy Dietary Intake and Outcomes in the United States. Annual Review of Nutrition. 2023;43(1):null. doi:10.1146/annurev-nutr-062222-023359
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Young SL, Bethancourt HJ, Frongillo EA, Viviani S, Cafiero C. Concurrence of water and food insecurities, 25 low- and middle-income countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2022. https://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.22.288771
- Young SL, Bethancourt HJ, Ritter ZR, Frongillo EA. (2022). Estimating national, demographic, and socioeconomic disparities in water insecurity experiences in low-income and middle-income countries in 2020–21: a cross-sectional, observational study using nationally representative survey data. The Lancet Planetary Health. 6:11.
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Younginer NA, Draper CL. Capacity, communication, and coordination are key to successful implementation of policy, systems, and environmental strategies at SNAP-Ed partner sites in one Southeastern US State: A qualitative approach. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Published online July 22, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jand.2023.07.016