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Abstract

Food security is an essential social determinant of health that has been shown to have a direct association with mental, physical, and social health. 1 Food security is defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as "access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life." It is an important measurement of nourishment of a population. 2 Inadequate access to food in pregnancy not only affects the mother's health but it can also limit a patient's ability to Keywords ► food insufficiency ► food security ► gestational diabetes mellitus ► pregnant ► diabetes