Prevalence and determinants of children self-reports of food insecurity: evidence from a Portuguese population-based birth cohort

Maia, Isabel; Santos, Ana Cristina

doi:10.1007/s12571-021-01233-0

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“…Another theme among the nutrition-oriented articles of 2021 is the issues of equity and empowerment. Harris et al ( 2021 ) for instance consider how and why nutrition outcomes are poorer for ethnic minority groups in Vietnam; Lentz et al ( 2021 ) show that women’s empowerment are associated with their nutritional status in Niger; and Maia and Santos ( 2021 ) assess the socio-demographic drivers of food insecurity for children in Portugal. Focusing on interventions and actions, Cauchi et al ( 2021 ) draw on community perspectives to understand perceptions of healthy food; and Nordhagen and Traoré ( 2021 ) examine the sustainability of women’s groups in facilitating nutrition-sensitive agriculture.…”

Section: Global Nutrition Seen Through the Lens Of 2021 Food Security...mentioning

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Revisiting food security in 2021: an overview of the past year

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Articles published in Food Security in 2021 are reviewed, showing a wide range of topics covered. Many articles are directly linked with "food" and associated terms such as "nutritive", "nutrition", "dietary", and "health". Another important group is linked with (food) "production" and a range of connected terms including: "irrigation", "cultivated", "organic", "varieties", "crop", "vegetable", and "land". A third group of terms refers to the scales at which food security is considered: "household", "farmer", "farm", "smallholder", "community", "nation" and "region". A few themes of Food Security are considered: (1) food supply and demand, food prices, and global trade; (2) food security in households; (3) food production; (4) value chains and food systems; (5) the evolution of the concept of food security; and (6) global nutrition. In a last section, perspectives for Food Security are discussed along four lines of thoughts: the level of inter-disciplinary research published in Food Security; the importance of the Social Sciences for food security as a collective good underpinned by other collective goods within food systems; the balance between the Global South and the Global North in Food Security; and a warning that urgent global challenges that vitally interact with food security may be left unattended as a result of the current public health emergency.

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Section: Global Nutrition Seen Through the Lens Of 2021 Food Security...mentioning

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Revisiting food security in 2021: an overview of the past year

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Identifying the Group Vulnerable to Unmet Medical Needs Due to Food Security: According to Children in the Household

2023

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Objective: Adults may experience unmet medical needs for various reasons. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of food security on unmet medical needs according to the presence of children in the household of adults, as well as to identify the medically vulnerable group considering individual and household characteristics. Methods: This study was conducted using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 2013–2015 and 2019–2020. The subjects of the study were 23,069 adults 19 years of age or older, and were divided into two groups according to whether or not children were included in the household. In order to observe the association between food security and unmet medical needs, multiple logistic regression analysis was performed. In addition, a subgroup analysis was performed in consideration of individual and household characteristics. Results: When food security was unstable for households with children, or without children, there was a high correlation with unmet medical needs. Considering individual and household characteristics, in groups with lower age and household income level, or higher number of members in household and subjective health status, food security was strongly correlated with unmet medical needs in households with children. Contrarily, households without children showed a high correlation in the opposite characteristics of households with children, excluding household income level. Conclusion: Food security was highly correlation with unmet medical needs regardless of whether or not children were included in the household. However, according to the individual and household characteristics of households with and without children, the relationship between food security and unmet medical needs was found to be different. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a health policy that can increase access to medical services in consideration of food security and individual and household characteristics depending on whether or not children are included in the household.

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Challenges to Household Food Security – Experiences From European Union Countries

Poczta-Wajda,

Guth

2024

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Household food security in a self-sufficient and highly developed regions such as the European Union is a rare topic in the scientific literature. Recent crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and food market disruptions, have reignited discussions on food security in the EU. Therefore, the aim of this article was to review the latest available publications on household food security in the EU and to explore the challenges and issues that contribute to the persistence of household food insecurity in EU countries. The review was carried out using the PRISMA methodology and includes articles from the last 20 years. The results suggest under European conditions, lack of food security means that people affected by this problem cannot afford food of sufficient quality and quantity to stay healthy and participate in society. The review of existing literature confirmed the importance of education, gender, age, marital status, household composition and location, country-specific heterogeneity, employment status and income in preventing food insecurity in EU countries. The problem of food insecurity particularly affects women, unmarried individuals, less educated individuals, less skilled workers and lower income families, and is strongly linked to mental health.

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Prevalence and determinants of children self-reports of food insecurity: evidence from a Portuguese population-based birth cohort

Cited by 3 publications

References 46 publications

Revisiting food security in 2021: an overview of the past year

Revisiting food security in 2021: an overview of the past year

Identifying the Group Vulnerable to Unmet Medical Needs Due to Food Security: According to Children in the Household

Challenges to Household Food Security – Experiences From European Union Countries

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