Rapidly rising food prices and the experience of food insecurity in urban Ethiopia: Impacts on health and well-being

Hadley, Craig; Stevenson, Edward G. J.; Tadesse, Y; Belachew, Tefera

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.018

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“…In a study conducted among 676 African-American and white women, the relationship between household food insufficiency and poor mental health was reported (33). Poor or inadequate diet quality due to food insecurity can eventually lead to psychological stress (34). The association between lack of enough food and decline in diet quality has been shown in previous studies (35,36).…”

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Food Insecurity is Related to Women's Mental and Physical Health in Babolsar, Iran

Ahmadi¹,

Heshmat²,

Vedadhir³

et al. 2017

Nutr Food Sci Res

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A B S T R A C TBackground and Objectives: Food insecurity has some adverse effects on health. Studies show that, there is a significant relationship between poor mental and physical health and food insecurity among low-income households. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between household food insecurity and physical and mental health in Iranian women with high school age children. Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted on 289 women with high school aged children in Babolsar, Iranin spring 2015. General Information Questionnaire, 18-item USDA household food security questionnaires and health survey (SF-12) was completed by face-to-face interviews with the participants. The mental and physical health of the participants were compared based on food secure and food insecure group.Results: Food insecurity was significantly related to age of the participants, living area (urban/rural), husbands job and education of women studied (p<0.05). Also, food insecurity was significantly associated with poor physical health score (β=-1.079, P<0.001) and mental health (β=-0.728, P<0.001). This relationship remained significant after adjusting for age, family size, residential area, education, job, husband's job and education.Conclusions: Therefore, household food insecurity is an independent risk factor for poor mental and physical health in women with high school aged children. The findings of this research provide insights for the future as the crucial role of woman and their significant impact on food security and the health status of the household can be used to develop targeted interventions aimed at women with children.

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Food Insecurity is Related to Women's Mental and Physical Health in Babolsar, Iran

Ahmadi¹,

Heshmat²,

Vedadhir³

et al. 2017

Nutr Food Sci Res

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“…Household poverty has a significant association with lack of maternal education, maternal depression and stressful conditions linked to gender based violence, housing conditions and lack of overall services which can affect the overall students' school attendance and academic achievements [4][5][6][7][8][9]. Adolescence is the second most important chance to intervene the nutrition and nutrition related problems.…”

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“…Generally, household food insecurity not only affects an individual life, but also the economic developments of a country [4,5,8]. Therefore, the main objective of this review was to systematically identify, appraise and synthesise the best available evidence on the association between food insecurity and school absenteeism.…”

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“…Studies also indicated that students from food insecure households are more likely absent from school compared to their peers from food secure households due to an exposure to infectious disease and socio-emotional difficulties [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

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“…Studies also showed that students from food insecure households score low grade and more likely repeat the same grade compared to their peers from food secure households. Findings from some studies also shown that students from food insecure households have low intellectual stimulation, poor physical growth and most of the time they suffer from longlasting conditions such as obesity and anxiety disorders [4][5][6][7][8].…”

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The association of food insecurity and school absenteeism: systematic review

Tamiru

Belachew

2017

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Household food insecurity not only affects normal physical growth of young children, but also adversely affects their intellectual capacity and social skills. Studies showed that household food insecurity has a significant association with students' poor school attendance. The aim of this review was to systematically identify, appraise and synthesise the best available evidence on the association between food insecurity and school absenteeism. All relevant papers for this review were searched using various databases and search engines with initial keywords/search terms: ("Absenteeism" OR "school attendance") and ("food security" OR "food insecurity") from the databases of PubMed, Hinari, Google Scholar and CINAHL using relevant keywords and search terms. All papers which were selected for review was subjected to a rigorous and independent appraisal analysis. All results were subjected to double data entry and heterogeneity was assessed using Chi-square test. Finding of this review showed that students from food secure households were 57% less likely to be absent from school (OR 0.43, 95% CI 0.36, 0.51) than students from food insecure households. The test for overall effect showed a high statistical significance at conventional levels (P < 0.00001) and there was no heterogeneity (χ 2 = 3.50, df = 3, [P = 0.32]) among the included studies for review. Generally, the results of this review indicated that household food insecurity has a strong linkage with students' school absenteeism. Therefore, the impacts of household food insecurity should be taken into consideration in national nutrition policy formulation and there is also a need of strengthening programs like school feeding.

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Real consumer food prices and child mortality: Evidence from low‐ and middle‐income countries

Usman,

Mekonnen,

Kornher

et al. 2024

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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This paper estimates the effect of short‐term changes in real consumer food prices on short‐term fluctuations in neonatal, infant, and child mortality rates using a panel dataset covering 59 low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) for the period 2000–2015. Quarterly mortality rates were constructed from over 145 rounds of the standard Demographic and Health Surveys allowing to identify short‐term (<1 year) effects of food price shocks. The results indicate that rising real food prices had a large and significant effect on neonatal, infant, and child mortalities, regardless of the type of country‐specific time trends chosen.

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Rapidly rising food prices and the experience of food insecurity in urban Ethiopia: Impacts on health and well-being

Cited by 85 publications

References 24 publications

Food Insecurity is Related to Women's Mental and Physical Health in Babolsar, Iran

Food Insecurity is Related to Women's Mental and Physical Health in Babolsar, Iran

The association of food insecurity and school absenteeism: systematic review

Real consumer food prices and child mortality: Evidence from low‐ and middle‐income countries

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