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Another benefit of a face-to-face pickup is that it’s social. The USDA <a href="https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=108066">reports</a> that older adults who live alone are more likely to be food insecure, and one <a href="https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(24)00039-4/abstract">2024 study</a> found that food insecurity is “significantly associated” with isolation and loneliness.
Another benefit of a face-to-face pickup is that it’s social. The USDA <a href="https://web.archive.org/20240118222723/https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=108066">reports</a> that older adults who live alone are more likely to be food insecure, and one <a href="https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(24)00039-4/abstract">2024 study</a> found that food insecurity is “significantly associated” with isolation and loneliness.

Isolation is also a <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/2023/01/new-studies-suggest-social-isolation-is-a-risk-factor-for-dementia-in-older-adults-point-to-ways-to-reduce-risk">risk factor</a> for developing dementia, the neurological condition that <a href="https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/1-10-older-americans-has-dementia">affects</a> nearly 1 in 10 Americans older than 65. A recent <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39243138/">publication</a> of Leung’s found the same is true for food insecurity: The likelihood of dementia increases twofold among older adults who lack adequate nutrition.

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