Unpacking the “black box” of global food insecurity and mental health

Weaver, Lesley Jo; Owens, Caroline; Tessema, Fasil; Kebede, Ayantu; Hadley, Craig

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114042

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“…In a scoping review including females in high-income countries, the longitudinal analyses included suggested a bidirectional relationship, this is to say: food insecurity increase the risk of depressive symptoms or diagnosis, and depression predicting food insecurity ( Maynard et al., 2018 ). However, recent findings suggest that food insecurity impacts mental health mainly directly through consequences of basic needs deprivation, such as worrying about where one's next meal will come from rather than through nutritional status ( Weaver et al., 2021 ). Our study, however, is not designed to shed light into the direction of the relationship.…”

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confidence: 99%

Food insecurity and its association with mental health among Syrian refugees resettled in Norway: A cross-sectional study

Kamelkova¹,

Strømme²,

Díaz³

2023

Journal of Migration and Health

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food insecurity and its association with mental health among Syrian refugees resettled in Norway: A cross-sectional study

Kamelkova¹,

Strømme²,

Díaz³

2023

Journal of Migration and Health

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“…Several findings associate food insecurity with poorer health, worse disease management, and a higher risk of premature mortality even though they used microdata. For instance, Stuff et al [ 38 ] found that food insecurity is related to poor self-reported health status, obesity [ 39 ], abnormal blood lipids [ 40 ], a rise in diabetes [ 24 , 40 ], increased gestational diabetes[ 41 ], increased perceived stress, depression and anxiety among women [ 25 , 42 ], Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) acquisition risk [ 43 – 45 ], childhood stunting [ 46 ], poor health [ 47 ], mental health and behavioral problem [ 25 , 48 , 49 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

The impact of food insecurity on health outcomes: empirical evidence from sub-Saharan African countries

Beyene¹

2023

BMC Public Health

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Background Food insecurity adversely affects human health, which means food security and nutrition are crucial to improving people’s health outcomes. Both food insecurity and health outcomes are the policy and agenda of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, there is a lack of macro-level empirical studies (Macro-level study means studies at the broadest level using variables that represent a given country or the whole population of a country or economy as a whole. For example, if the urban population (% of the total population) of XYZ country is 30%, it is used as a proxy variable to represent represent country's urbanization level. Empirical study implies studies that employ the econometrics method, which is the application of math and statistics.) concerning the relationship between food insecurity and health outcomes in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries though the region is highly affected by food insecurity and its related health problems. Therefore, this study aims to examine the impact of food insecurity on life expectancy and infant mortality in SSA countries. Methods The study was conducted for the whole population of 31 sampled SSA countries selected based on data availability. The study uses secondary data collected online from the databases of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), and the World Bank (WB). The study uses yearly balanced data from 2001 to 2018. This study employs a multicountry panel data analysis and several estimation techniques; it employs Driscoll-Kraay standard errors (DKSE), a generalized method of momentum (GMM), fixed effects (FE), and the Granger causality test. Results A 1% increment in people’s prevalence for undernourishment reduces their life expectancy by 0.00348 percentage points (PPs). However, life expectancy rises by 0.00317 PPs with every 1% increase in average dietary energy supply. A 1% rise in the prevalence of undernourishment increases infant mortality by 0.0119 PPs. However, a 1% increment in average dietary energy supply reduces infant mortality by 0.0139 PPs. Conclusions Food insecurity harms the health status of SSA countries, but food security impacts in the reverse direction. This implies that to meet SDG 3.2, SSA should ensure food security.

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“…The exact mechanism behind this relationship remains unclear. A recent paper suggests that the psychological effects of not having enough or desired food and the uncertainty associated with future meals are more likely to explain the relationship between food insecurity and poor mental health than nutritional deficiency (Weaver et al, 2021). Therefore, we explore mechanisms through which Medicaid expansion affects the mental health of Americans.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Job Loss Induced Mental Distress During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Us

Mukhopadhyay

2022

SSRN Journal

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Unpacking the “black box” of global food insecurity and mental health

Cited by 17 publications

References 78 publications

Food insecurity and its association with mental health among Syrian refugees resettled in Norway: A cross-sectional study

Food insecurity and its association with mental health among Syrian refugees resettled in Norway: A cross-sectional study

The impact of food insecurity on health outcomes: empirical evidence from sub-Saharan African countries

The Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Job Loss Induced Mental Distress During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Us

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