Childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among Brazilian older adults

CONCLUSIONS: The study showed an association between childhood hunger and two chronic diseases in later life: diabetes and osteoporosis. This work restates that investing in childhood conditions is a cost-effective way to have a healthy society and provides evidence on relationships that deserve further investigation to elucidate underlying mechanisms.PMID:33833789 | PMC:PMC8021205 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2021.39
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research