In fact, cross-referencing this dataset with countries with the highest food insecurity reveals several correlations, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa: Madagascar, Rwanda, and Burundi to name a few.Finally, a pregnant mother’s exposure to hazardous substances—like tobacco smoke—can also affect ...
Using child malnutrition as a proxy (along with descriptive controls for non-food determinants of malnutrition), the paper finds little correlation between national food availabilities and food insecurity. The group of countries that exhibit the highest severity of food insecurity are those with high ...
Figure 2 reveals how price rises for all other food groups outpaced that of breads and cereals, with the highest rise in oils and fats as a basic ingredient for the food industry, perhaps due to low production growth and stronger-than-expected demand from China and India and the biodiesel ...
The "Hunger Hotspots - FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity" report assesses 16 hunger hotspots around the world, analyzing their outlook for the period November 2024-March 2025. Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali are the countries considered to be "at the highest concern...
However, lack of food is one of the factors which affect health outcomes. Concerning this, the Food Research and Action Center noted that the social deter- minants of health, such as poverty and food insecurity, are associated with some of the most severe and costly health problems in a ...
The joint report, entitled "Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP Early Warnings On Acute Food Insecurity June to September 2022 Outlook" and published early this week, said acute food insecurity continues to escalate globally. Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen remain at the highest alert level as in...
The intersection between food insecurity and IPV suggests that IPV and women’s own poor nutritional outcomes may be associated with IPV, posing important implications for their health. However, the construct of food insecurity does not assess dietary patterns, quality, or nutrition and thus cannot ...
University students, often unemployed and reliant on low-nutrition foods, are susceptible to food insecurity (FI) with potential physical and mental health challenges. This study explores FI and its impact on lifestyle behaviours among university students. Methods A cross-sectional web-based study was...
with every 1% increase in average dietary energy supply. However, the GMM result formodel 1Dconfirms that a 1% incrementin average dietary energy supply reduces infant mortality by 0.0139 PPs. Moreover, this study conducted a panel Granger causality test to confirm whether or not food insecurity ...
With the new funding, CERF has allocated over 170 million dollars to address rising food insecurity in these seven and other countries in the past six months.■