Abstract
Background: Food insecurity is defined as economic and social conditions that limit access to enough food to live a healthy life. The elderly are among the first to experience food insecurity, and we aim to investigate the association between food insecurity and dizziness, one of the most common complaints in geriatric health. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study used data from the eighth of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Of the 22,559 participants, 3002 participants over the age of 60 were studied. Food insecurity was assessed by asking 18 questions. The sum of the 18 questions was calculated and categorized into the food security group, the early stage of food insecurity group, and the food insecurity group. Then we analyzed differences in the prevalence of dizziness between the three groups.
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