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A1 Seligman HK, Jacobs EA, Lopez A, Sarkar U, Tschann J, Fernandez A
T1 FOod insecurity and hypoglycemia among safety net patients with diabetes
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD July 11
VO 171
IS 13
SP 1204
OP 1206
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.287
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.287
AB 
In 2008, 1 in every 7 US households was food insecure or at risk of going hungry because of an inability to afford food.1 Food insecurity generally occurs cyclically and episodically, with periods of food adequacy followed by food scarcity; the average food-insecure household experiences 7 episodes of food scarcity annually.2 We hypothesized that the cyclic nature of food insecurity and its associated fluctuations in dietary intake would predispose patients with diabetes to wide variations in blood glucose levels, including clinically significant hypoglycemia.