Study: Food insecurity should be considered in CKD treatment

In a study in which more than 70% of patients with chronic kidney disease reported food insecurity, researchers emphasized the consideration that should be placed on access to food in CKD treatment.
“The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has substantially affected the way of life of the general population. The distribution, availability and access to food, and even the food security of households around the world, have all changed,” Cristina Vargas-Vázquez, BD, RD, from the nephrology and mineral metabolism department at the National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”

In a study in which more than 70% of patients with chronic kidney disease reported food insecurity, researchers emphasized the consideration that should be placed on access to food in CKD treatment.
“The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has substantially affected the way of life of the general population. The distribution, availability and access to food, and even the food security of households around the world, have all changed,” Cristina Vargas-Vázquez, BD, RD, from the nephrology and mineral metabolism department at the National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubirán”