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In a prior study, children in a pediatric nephrology outpatient clinic were more than twice as likely not to have adequate food than children in the general population (Prev Med Rep 2018; 10:113).
To further examine the prevalence and health effects of food insecurity in such patients, investigators conducted a single-center, retrospective, cohort study of 44 children (55% white) with end-stage kidney disease who were receiving peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis. Food insecurity was identified by patient or parent agreement with one or both of these two statements:
“Within the past 12 months [we] worried whether [our] food would run out before [we] got more money to get more.”
“Within the past 12 months, the food [we] bought just didn't last …