Structural factors, such as climate, socio-economic, social, and local food availability, affect people’s food security. People’s health condition is impacted by food insecurity through nutritional, mental health, and behavioral channels [18]. Under the nutritional channel, food insecurity has an ...
The chapter will address the following issues: (1) The advantages and disadvantages of nutrition assistance programs that provide electronically transferred funds for use with eligible food products, vis-脿-vis general income support policies. (2) The extent to which nutrition assistance programs ...
Food insecurity and environmental degradation pose significant threats to health outcomes in South Asia, necessitating effective policy interventions. Therefore, this study aims to examine the impact of food insecurity and environmental degradation on health outcome indicators amidst global inflationary shocks ...
The health problems of low-income communities and their relationship to food insecurity are a widespread problem worldwide. Understanding the complex relationship between these two conditions of food insecurity and health outcomes is the focus of this study. In addressing these issues, managing food se...
and switch from gas to electric appliances, for example. And we give employees time off to volunteer for a range of issues, including turn-key opportunities to advance environmental causes, which fosters a sense of connection and excitement.— Jennifer Wright, director of global EHS and sustainabi...
Food banks should be used more consistently rather than only during emergencies to better address food insecurity and related health issues, a joint study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and economists at the University of Dallas shows.
Food insecurity is a public health concern in the US, and health professionals across a variety of settings have a role in addressing its many facets. This study examined students’ knowledge of FI, reported confidence in the ability to address FI issues, and provided students’ recommendations ...
Information was collected on demographics and health status, food security, the perceived impact of COVID-19 on food security, and dietary intake. Food insecurity was assessed using nine questions adapted from Fiji’s 2014/5 national nutrition survey, measuring markers of food insecurity over the ...
Informal enterprises are frequently associated with vulnerability and poverty due to the consistent presence of food insecurity and financial crisis [29, 32]. Employment in the informal sector faces a lack of economic security due to irregularities in income, low productivity, health and safety issues...
Food insecurity is a significant risk factor for chronic and infectious diseases. It is also a barrier to accessing healthcare because food insecurity tends to co-occur with other socioeconomic disadvantages. The objective of this study is to examine whe