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
- Blake, Christine, Ph.D., RD
- Draper, Carrie, MSW
- Fram, Maryah, Ph.D., MSW
- Frongillo, Edward, Ph.D.
- Kaczynski, Andrew T., Ph.D.
- Liese, Angela, Ph.D.
- Moran, Robert, 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, Morrissey E, Younginer N. Health Clinic Readiness to Implement Nutrition Supports in Partnership with SNAP-Ed. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2021.03.008.
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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
- Escobar-Alegria JL, Frongillo EA, Blake CE. Terminal logic behavior and strategic defection of governmental officials during presidential transitions in Guatemala: Implications for the sustainability of food and nutrition security policy. Current Developments in Nutritionorg/10.1093/cdn/nzaa161, 2020.
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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, Frongillo EA. Moving beyond giving free food: Specific targeting and tailoring in response to child food insecurity. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 121:S74-S77, 2020. doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2020.07.024
- 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.
- Frongillo EA, Bernal J, Rampalli KK, Massey E, Adams EJ, Rosemond TN, Blake CE. Experiences and Situations of Shame among Food-insecure Adolescents in South Carolina and Oregon. Ecol Food Nutr. 2021;1-17. doi:10.1080/03670244.2021.1956484
- 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
- Hatcher AM, Weiser SD, Cohen CR, Hagey J, Weke E, Burger R, Wekesa P, Sheira L, Frongillo EA, Bukusi EA. Food insecurity and intimate partner violence among HIV-positive individuals in rural Kenya. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.06.025, 2020.
- Kornbluh M, Hallum S, Wende M, Ray J, Herrnstadt Z, Kaczynski AT. Examining Disparities in Food Access Between Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Non-Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Am J Health Promot. 2021;8901171211024412. doi:10.1177/08901171211024412
- Liese AD. Shining a light on marginal food insecurity in an understudied population. Public Health Nutr. 2022;1-6. doi:10.1017/S1368980022001094
- Liese AD, Davis RE, Diaz D, Stucker J, Reid L, Jindal M, Stancil M, JonesSJ. (2020). Experiences of Food Insecurity and Type 2 Diabetes Management in Adults, Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. doi: 1080/19320248.2020.1826380.
- Liese AD, Sharpe PA, Bell BA, Hutto B, Stucker J, Wilcox S. Persistence and transience of food insecurity and predictors among residents of two disadvantaged communities in South Carolina Appetite. 2021;161:105128. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2021.105128
- Malik FS, Liese AD, Reboussin BA, Sauder KA, Frongillo EA, et. al. Prevalence and Predictors of Household Food Insecurity and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Use in Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study. Diabetes Care. 2021;dc210790. doi:10.2337/dc21-0790
- Martínez-Jaikel T, Frongillo EA, Blake CE, Fram MS, Esquivel-Solís V. Reducing Both Food Insecurity and Excess Body Weight in Costa Rican Women: A Cluster Randomized Trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2020. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2019.11.021.
- 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
- Miller JD, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Burger R, Wekesa P, Sheira LA, Mocello AR, Bukusi E, Otieno P, Cohen CR, Weiser SD, Young SL. Household water and food insecurity are positively associated with poor mental and physical health among adults living with HIV in western Kenya. Journal of Nutrition. nxab030, 2021. doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab030.
- Murillo-Castillo KD, Frongillo EA, Corella-Madueño MA, Quizán-Plata T. Food Insecurity Was Associated with Lower Fruits and Vegetables Consumption but Not with Overweight and Obesity in Children from Mexican Fishing Communities. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. November 2020:1-16. doi:10.1080/03670244.2020.1737042.
- Nagata JM, Miller JD, Cohen CR, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Burger R, Wekesa P, Sheira LA, Mocello AR, Otieno P, Butler LM, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD, Young SL. Water insecurity is associated with lack of viral suppression and greater odds of AIDS-defining illnesses among adults with HIV in western Kenya. AIDS and Behavior 2021.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03410-w
- Navarro SM, Tsai MM, Ritchie LD, Frongillo EA, Laraia BA, Pate RR, Au LE. Household Food Insecurity and Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in the United States: The Healthy Communities Study. Public Health Nutr. 2021;1-20. doi:10.1017/S1368980021002536
- Nguyen HT, Frongillo EA, Blake CE, Shapiro CJ, Frith AL. Earlier and concurrent food insecurity are associated with suboptimal parenting in early childhood. Journal of Nutrition doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxaa073, 2020.
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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
- Quizán-Plata T, Carrasco-Miranda JG, Murillo-Castillo KD, Corella-Madueño MAG, López-Teros V, Frongillo EA. Determinants and consequences of food insecurity in artisanal fishing families from the coastal community of Sonora, Mexico. Food and Nutrition Bulletinorg/10.1177/0379572120965874, 2020
- 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
- Sharpe PA, Bell BA, Liese AD, Wilcox S, Stucker J, Hutto BE. Effects of a food hub initiative in a disadvantaged community: A quasi-experimental evaluation. Health & Place. 2020;63:102341. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102341.
- Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Hahn JA, Palar K, Riley ED, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Merenstein D, Cohen MH, Wentz EL, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch LR, Turan JM, Tien PC, Weiser SD. Relationship between food insecurity and smoking status among women living with and at risk for HIV in the USA: A cohort study. BMJ Open. 0:e054903, 2021. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054903
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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
- Tan JY, Sheira L, Frongillo EA, Adimora A, Tien PC, Konkle-Parker D, Golub ET, Merenstein D, Levin S, Cohen M, Ofotokun I, Fischl M, Rubin LH, Weiser SD. Food insecurity and neurocognitive function among women living with or at risk for HIV in the United States. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa209, 2020.
- Tan JY, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Gustafson D, Sharma A, Merenstein D, Cohen MH, Golub E, Edmonds A, Ofotokun I, Fischl M, Konkle-Parker D, Neilands T, Tien P, Weiser SD. Food insecurity and frailty among women with and without HIV in the United States: A cross-sectional analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society 24:e25751, 2021. doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25751
- Weiser SD, Sheira LA, Palar K, Kushel M, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Merenstein D, Cohen M, Turan JM, Metsch L, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Wentz E, Tien PC, Frongillo EA. Mechanisms from Food Insecurity to Worse HIV Treatment Outcomes in US Women Living with HIV. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2020. doi:10.1089/apc.2020.0009
- Whittle HJ, Wolfe WR, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Palar K, Merenstein D, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Cohen MH, Wentz EL, Tien PC, Weiser SD. Associations between food insecurity and psychotropic medication use among women living with HIV in the United States. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 2020;29. doi:10.1017/s2045796020000232.
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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.
- Young SL, Frongillo EA, Jamaluddine Z, Melgar-Quinonez H, Perez-Escamilla R, Ringler C, Rosinger A. Perspective: The importance of water security for ensuring food security, good nutrition, and wellbeing. Advances in Nutrition. nmab003, 2021. doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmab003.
- Young SL, Miller JD, Frongillo EA, Boateng GO, Jamaluddine Z, Neilands TB, on behalf of the HWISE Research Coordination Network. Validity of a four-item household water insecurity experiences scale (HWISE-4) for assessing water issues related to health and well-being. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0417, 2020.
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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