Food insecurity status is of added value in explaining poor health: a cross-sectional study among parents living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the Netherlands.

From these results it follows that food insecurity score is of added value in explaining poor physical and mental health beyond traditionally used socioeconomic risk factors (ie, age, educational level, income, living situation, employment status and migration background) in disadvantaged communities. Therefore, routine food insecurity screening may be important for effective risk stratification to identify populations at increased risk of poor health and provide targeted interventions.