Food insecurity: a critical public health nutrition concern

Pereira, Rosângela Alves; Hodge, Allison

doi:10.1017/s136898001500292x

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“…The food insecurity-obesity paradox has been highlighted in previous investigations [ 29 , 30 ]. In most cases of food insecurity, the amount of food consumption is not affected, but low-calorie nutritious foods are substituted with poor-quality, energy-dense foods that rectify hunger but promote overweight and obesity [ 1 ]. Moreover, insecure households may experience periods of hunger when food and money run out.…”

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The association of food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors was independent of body mass index in Iranian women

Hashemzadeh

Teymouri

Fararouei

et al. 2022

J Health Popul Nutr

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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 study was performed on 190 females. Food insecurity was assessed by Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. Cardiometabolic risk factors including anthropometric characteristics, blood pressure, and serum glucose and lipids were measured. Metabolic syndrome score was calculated according to the criteria described for Iranian adults. The association of food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors was assessed by linear regression. Results The prevalence of food security, and mild, moderate, and severe food insecurity was 42.6%, 40.5%, 15.8%, and 1.1%, respectively. Cardiometabolic risk factors worsened with increasing severity of food insecurity. Among the risk factors, body mass index (BMI) had the strongest association with food insecurity. After controlling demographic factors and BMI, fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, total, LDL, and HDL cholesterols, and metabolic syndrome score still showed significant associations with food insecurity (P < 0.01) but systolic and diastolic blood pressure were no longer associated with food insecurity after adjustment for BMI. Conclusion Overall, although BMI was strongly associated with food insecurity, cardiometabolic risk factors including blood glucose, triglycerides, total, HDL, and LDL cholesterols, and metabolic syndrome score were associated with food insecurity independent of BMI, suggesting that other factors such as lifestyle and diet may have contributed to the exacerbated cardiometabolic risk in food insecure participants of this study. Future studies need to clarify underlying factors in the association of food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors.

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The association of food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors was independent of body mass index in Iranian women

Hashemzadeh

Teymouri

Fararouei

et al. 2022

J Health Popul Nutr

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“…While we would not necessarily expect the Kleinburg community to have suffered the stresses of direct contact (such as disease transmission), their social and political lives were clearly in transition at the time, as the community leaders were no doubt considering moving from the north shore of Lake Ontario to Old Wendake and participating in the Wendat confederacy (Williamson 2014:14–15). Research on contemporary human populations has linked caregiver distress to childhood under-nutrition (Hadley et al 2012; Pereira and Hodge 2015). Studies of dietary indicators from ancestral Huron-Wendat people provide strong suggestions of the distress that contact may have caused, leading to earlier completion of weaning and a lower proportion of protein in the general diet.…”

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Patterns of Weaning Among Ancestral Huron-Wendat Communities, Determined From Nitrogen Isotopes

Pfeiffer

Sealy²,

Williamson³

et al. 2017

Am. Antiq.

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“…At the household level, food security refers to the capacity of the household to secure, either from its own production or through purchases, sufficient food to meet the dietary needs of all members of the household [5]. Food insecurity, in comparison, is a basic public health nutrition problem in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) [6]. Food insecurity occurs due to lack of access to adequate, safe and nutritious food for development, physical growth and healthy life [7].…”

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Household Food Insecurity Evidence among Rural Pastoralist Community in South Omo, Ethiopia

Alemu

Nkosi

2022

AFSJ

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Background: Food insecurity is a significant public health problem in developing nations particularly in Ethiopia. During COVID- 19, food insecurity has worsened as result of lock down in most part of Africa as well as Ethiopia. In this regard, several studies have been conducted in central and agrarian communities, yet there is little evidence of studies on food insecurity in pastoralist communities. Thus, the study aimed to assess the burden and factors associated with food insecurity at rural pastoralist community. Methodology: A community-based, comparative cross-sectional study conducted among 536 households. Pre-tested and structured questionnaires were used to collect data. Data were entered in Epi info version 7 and exported to SPSS version 25 for data analysis. Results: The overall prevalence of food insecurity in this study area was 88% [95% CI: 88.2, 91.0]. Low land agro-ecology [(AOR=3.1, 95% CI: (1.5, 6.3)], pastoralist community [AOR=3.7, 95% CI: (1.6, 8.7)], low wealth index [(AOR=2.5, 95% CI: (1.1. 3.6)], and larger family size composition which were statistically significant with food insecurity at household level. Conclusion: The burden of food insecurity was 88% in the study area. This was substantially high level and a severe public health problem. Low wealth index, family size, and low land agro ecology were contributing factors for food insecurity. Therefore, policy makers and local administration advised to invest pastoralist income generating intervention and modernize agricultural technology to tackle food insecurity in the study area.

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Food insecurity: a critical public health nutrition concern

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

The association of food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors was independent of body mass index in Iranian women

The association of food insecurity and cardiometabolic risk factors was independent of body mass index in Iranian women

Patterns of Weaning Among Ancestral Huron-Wendat Communities, Determined From Nitrogen Isotopes

Household Food Insecurity Evidence among Rural Pastoralist Community in South Omo, Ethiopia

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