Lin et al. 2025 - Long COVID and Food Insecurity in US Adults

Full Citation:: Lin JC, McCarthy M, Potluri S, Nguyen D, Yan R, Aysola J. Long COVID and Food Insecurity in US Adults, 2022-2023. JAMA Network Open. 2025;8(9):e2530730. (Lin et al. 2025) DOI:: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.30730 PMID:: 40924424 Study Design:: Retrospective cross-sectional survey using NHIS 2022-2023 Sample Size:: 21,631 adults (1,807 food insecure) Key Findings::

- Food insecurity associated with current long COVID: aOR 1.73 (95% CI 1.39-2.15)
- Food insecurity associated with lower recovery odds: aOR 0.70 (95% CI 0.54-0.92)
- 15% of food insecure reported current long COVID vs 7% of food secure
- SNAP participation (p-interaction=0.04) and unemployment (p-interaction=0.04) modified associations

Conclusion:: Food insecurity is associated with greater odds of long COVID and lower recovery. SNAP participation mitigates this association. Limitations:: Cross-sectional; cannot establish causality; self-reported long COVID; US-specific. Certainty:: 0.80

References

Lin, John C, Madison McCarthy, Sriya Potluri, Dang Nguyen, Ruiqi Yan, and Jaya Aysola. 2025. “Long COVID and Food Insecurity in US Adults, 2022-2023.” JAMA Network Open 8 (9): e2530730. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.30730.