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Food Insecurity

open access: yesAfrica Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial and Technical Series, 2020
La inseguridad alimentaria es un problema global y tiene diferentes causas y efectos. Usualmente se piensa que se relaciona exclusivamente con la pobreza como causa principal pero también se reportan en la literatura otros aspectos como la violencia contra la mujer; asimismo, la inseguridad alimentaria impacta directamente en el agravamiento de ...
Vara Horna, Arístides   +1 more
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The association of food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors was independent of body mass index in Iranian women

open access: yesJournal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2022
Background Investigations on food insecurity have shown that food insecurity is inversely associated with health. We examined the association of food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors in women living in Shiraz, Iran. Methods The cross-sectional
Maral Hashemzadeh   +3 more
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Food insecurity in older female mice affects food consumption, coping behaviors, and memory.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Food insecurity correlates with poor physical and mental health in older individuals, but has not been studied in a laboratory animal model. This explorative study developed a laboratory mouse model for analyzing the impact of food insecurity on food ...
Samantha M Estacio   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Food Waste, Food Insecurity, and the Gap between the Two: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in Saudi Arabia

open access: yesFoods, 2021
Background: Food waste and food insecurity may co-exist in various balances in developing and developed countries. This study aimed to explore the levels of food waste and food insecurity, the factors associated with them, and their relationships at the ...
Nora A. Althumiri   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Household food insecurity and children dietary diversity during the COVID-19 outbreak

open access: yesAcTion: Aceh Nutrition Journal, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic raises the likelihood of food insecurity and affects the nutritional status of children. This study aims to examine the relationship between household food poverty and children's dietary diversity. The cross-sectional study has done
Suryana Suryana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food insecurity status and its contributing factors in slums’ dwellers of southwest Iran, 2021: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesArchives of Public Health, 2023
Background One major factor causing food insecurity is believed to be poverty. Approximately 20 million Iranians live in slums with a vulnerable socioeconomic context. The outbreak of COVID-19, on top of the economic sanctions against Iran, has increased
Hassan Joulaei   +7 more
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Household food insecurity and associated factors in the Northeast of Iran: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Nutrition, 2023
Background Food Insecurity (FI) is a global health concern. For the first time, this study evaluated households’ food insecurity and factors related to it in Golestan province, North of Iran.
Mohammad Reza Honarvar   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of the food insecurity at household level in Pakistan: A multilevel model approach.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Food insecurity is a major concern for the developing world and around 37% of the population of Pakistan is food insecure. This paper utilizes the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) to assess the population prevalence of food insecurity and to ...
Tahir Mahmood   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of food insecurity at household level and its associated factors in rural Puducherry: A cross-sectional study

open access: yesIndian Journal of Community Medicine, 2020
Background: Malnutrition is a consequence of food insecurity. Food insecurity in India became a public health problem due to explosive population growth and widening gap between rich and poor. It also has a detrimental effect on factors related to health
Bharathnag Nagappa   +5 more
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