Association between food insecurity and obesity in an agricultural community of women from El Jadida, Morocco

El-Jamal, Sanaa; Mbarki, Mohamed; Elfane, Houda; Sahel, Khadija; Barakat, Imane; Kalili, Adil; Naciri, Kaoutar; Mahri, Nadia; Moustakim, Rachida; Ouafi, Rachida El; Idrissi, Loubna Arkoubi; Belahsen, Rekia

doi:10.3934/medsci.2021016

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“…On the one hand, it ensured answers to questions about this component of food practices since not all household members necessarily have this information, and on the other hand, it has made it possible to have a population where women and men are represented, thus promoting the study of food practices and nutritional status in both sexes. Indeed, in this type of study, there is a risk that the researcher will end up with an entirely female population since the preparation of meals is generally done by women [17,18,19].…”

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Validation of conceptual and methodological framework for the study of dietary practices and nutritional status of an adult population

Barakat

Elayachi

Belahsen

2022

Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig

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Background. The use of validated and reliable methods and instruments is necessary to study dietary practices and nutritional status due to their direct impacts on population health. Objective. The aim is the validity and reliability of the conceptual and methodological framework of research on factors associated with dietary practices and nutritional status (FADPNS), carried out on adult population of the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region in Morocco. Material and methods. First, we developed a conceptual and methodological framework for research on FADPNS, which aimed to study dietary practices, nutritional status, and the factors associated with them in an adult Moroccan population. Then, we studied the validity and reliability of this framework in three phases. Phase 1 focused on the validation of the content of the conceptual and methodological framework, Phase 2 focused on the study by an expert committee of the internal consistency validity (ICV) of the questionnaires used in this research , and Phase 3 consisted of the study of the reliability of the items questionnaires by the test of Cronbach Alpha. Results. Thus, the validated content of the conceptual framework of research on FADPNS includes socio-demographic, socio-economic, and socio-cultural characteristics; health status; physical activity, places of food purchase; food preparation, taking of meals, family commensality; social representations of good dietary practices; food consumption; and nutritional status. The questionnaires used in this research received an ICV score of 85%. The reliability test of the questionnaires showed a Cronbach Alpha value ≥ 0.5, which turned out to vary from "moderate" to "excellent". Conclusion. This work enabled the validation of the conceptual framework and the methodology of the study of the factors associated with dietary practices and nutritional status in the RSK region.

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Validation of conceptual and methodological framework for the study of dietary practices and nutritional status of an adult population

Barakat

Elayachi

Belahsen

2022

Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig

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“…Indeed, the last report on The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (2021), the 1st one on food security and nutrition after the COVID-19 pandemic in the World, showed that in addition to hunger, food insecurity affected more people and parallelly to the increase of undernourishment prevalence, overweight and obesity and their associated chronic diseases are on the rise in all age categories [3]. On the other hand, several studies reported that food insecurity is associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes [4][5], cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia [4][5][6], hyper-tension [4][5][6][7] and metabolic fatty liver disease (MAFLD) [8] and obesity [9]. Patterns of being overweight as well as obesity coexist with all these metabolic diseases [7][8][9][10].…”

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“…On the other hand, several studies reported that food insecurity is associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes [4][5], cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia [4][5][6], hyper-tension [4][5][6][7] and metabolic fatty liver disease (MAFLD) [8] and obesity [9]. Patterns of being overweight as well as obesity coexist with all these metabolic diseases [7][8][9][10]. In addition, other studies have shown that food insecurity may increase the risk of complications from COVID-19 [4-10-11].…”

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“…These factors are also reported to be linked to increased rates of morbidity and mortality in people infected with COVID-19 [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14], which could lead to a long-term upsurge in deaths from these diseases [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Results from a survey conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that in Africa, people living with NCDs account for 85% of all deaths from COVID-19 [12].…”

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“…This is manifested by increased risk behaviors such as overeating or undernourishment, physical inactivity and sleep disorders [17]. These behaviors are also associated with unbalanced nutritional profiles [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. The psychological traits are also pathological.…”

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Association between food insecurity and obesity in an agricultural community of women from El Jadida, Morocco

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