Food insecurity and other poverty indicators among people living with HIV/AIDS: effects on treatment and health outcomes. J Community Health. 2014;39:1133-9.Kalichman SC, Hernandez D, Cherry C, Kalichman MO, Washington C, Grebler T. Food insecurity and other poverty indicators among people ...
According to theUS Department of Agriculture, food insecurity is the economic and social conditions that limit access to adequate food. People who face food insecurity do not generally have sufficient resources to access food on a regular basis to sustain a healthy lifestyle—so they might eat lo...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide has more than doubled to 345 million since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday. Before the coronavirus crisis, 135 milli...
sadness, and anxiety), which have also been linked to obesity and cardiovascular risk [26]. The effects of food insecurity on mental health can worsen the health of people who are already sick as well as lead to disease acquisition [18]. Similarly...
Food insecurity (the lack of secure access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food) has risen sharply in many worldwide countries since the COVID-19 pandemic. The cost-of-living crisis has further exacerbated this issue, with 24% of households with children reporting food insecurity ...
On the other hand, the situation improved in other 17 countries, which resulted in 7.2 million fewer people suffering acute food insecurity in the same period. Nevertheless, the report warned that the outlook for 2024 is bleak, with no substantial improvement forecast, and with wars, extreme wea...
In a statement issued late Monday, the WFP said that as of the last quarter of 2023, some 59 million people, or nearly 20 percent of the total population in East Africa, were suffering from acute food insecurity. According to data from WFP, the level of food insecurity in the eastern Af...
Food insecurity is also a medical issue—one with serious implications for people with diseases and medical conditions affected by diet. While access to high-quality nutrition boosts health and well-being, poor nutrition is directly related to poor health. According to previous...
We study the possibility of forecasting one of the core dimensions of food insecurity by means of a unique data set of daily sub-national time series of the prevalence of people with insufficient food consumption, in six countries in West Africa and the Middle East: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ma...
Food insecurity is a defining characteristic of life for many of the world's poorest people. Emergency food aid has been the major international responses to crises, such as drought and famine for decades. However, it is much better that the emergency is addressed before it happens. Communities...