• Study used data from 2020 Residential Energy consumption survey(RECS) and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s US Diabetes Surveillance system to obtain 2020 state level diagnosed diabetes prevalence.

• Study stated that states with high prevalence of energy insecurity had higher prevalence of diabetes mainly among southern states.

• Additionally it found that reducing or forgoing food or medicine to pay energy costs was the most common form of energy insecurity.

• Low prevalence of ever receiving energy assistance gives opportunity to lower energy insecurity in states with high disease burden.

• Even though there are programmes they have been underfunded and subjected to budget cuts in giving energy related assistance programs for low income households.

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