Food insecurity plays a significant role in food consumption for older adults. It is the opposite actually. Older adults tend to have insecurities when it comes to picking and eating foods. Older adults have a lot of prohibition when it comes to food. For example, sweets. Sweets are the cause of diabetes that older adults most likely avoid. Eating a lot of sweets may cause one body to gain and have high blood pressure, heart disease, weight gain, and many other health conditions. These are the unwanted conditions of older adults that is why they most likely tend to have food insecurities.