Food Insecurity and Diabetes Self-Management among Youth and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

Household food insecurity (FI) is associated with measures of diabetes self-management among older adults with diabetes. To our knowledge, there is no existing literature assessing this association among youth and young adults (YYA) with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The objective of this study is to examine the association between FI and diabetes self-management, as measured by frequency of blood glucose monitoring and missed diabetes medication, among YYA with T1D.

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Project Type(s): Master's Thesis

Author(s): Kimberly Polacek Ortiz

Program(s): Master of Public Health, RDN Training

Year: 2018

Adviser(s):

• Jason Mendoza, MD, MPH