This journal issue contains the 3 nutrition policy papers endorsed in 2004 by the Executive Board of the World Food Program (WFP); i.e., Food for nutrition, Nutrition in emergencies, and Micronutrient fortification. These papers explain how WFP currently uses food assistance to support nutrition...
Publisher
United Nations University Press, Tokyo, Japan
Citation
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2006, 27, 1, pp 46-75
Background: Food insecurity and violence are two major public health issues facing U.S. women. The link between food insecurity and violence has received little attention, particularly regarding the temporal ordering of events. The present study used data from the Women's Interagency Human...
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Conroy, A. A.; Cohen, M. H.; Frongillo, E. A.; Tsai, A. C.; Wilson, T. E.; Wentz, E. L.; Adimora, A. A.; Merenstein, D.; Ofotokun, I.; Metsch, L.; Kempf, M. C.; Adedimeji, A.; Turan, J. M.; Tien, P. C.; Weiser, S. D.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2019, 14, 3, pp e0213365
The impact of HIV/AIDS on food assistance needs in sub-Saharan Africa has created what may or may not be seen as a new emergent variant of famine. This chapter provides a case study from Zambia that reveals contested strategies for both defining and confronting food insecurity and HIV/AIDS....
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Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA
Citation
Annals of Anthropological Practice, 2011, 35, 1, pp 187-203
Objective: Although undernutrition is recognized as a risk factor for mortality among people living with HIV (PLWHIV), even among those initiating antiretroviral therapy, few studies have explored the underlying determinants of undernutrition. The objectives of the present study were to: (i)...
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Kadiyala, S.; Rawat, R.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Citation
Public Health Nutrition, 2013, 16, 1, pp 164-170
Nutritional risk and food insecurity are related to insufficient or inadequate access to food. These conditions can be worse for people living with HIV/AIDS. Loss of appetite is one characteristic of increased nutritional risk. It is not known if food security itself has an impact on nutritional...
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Gomes, N. I. G.; Toledo Vianna, R. P. de; Medeiros, A. R. C.; Lima, R. L. F. C. de
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Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2020, 12, 5, pp 1173-1183
Objectives: People living with HIV (PLHIV) in the USA, particularly women, have a higher prevalence of food insecurity than the general population. Cigarette smoking among PLHIV is common (42%), and PLHIV are 6-13 times more likely to die from lung cancer than AIDS-related causes. This study sought ...
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Sheira, L. A.; Frongillo, E. A.; Hahn, J.; Palar, K.; Riley, E. D.; Wilson, T. E.; Adedimeji, A.; Merenstein, D.; Cohen, M.; Wentz, E. L.; Adimora, A. A.; Ofotokun, I.; Metsch, L.; Turan, J. M.; Tien, P. C.; Weiser, S. D.
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
BMJ Open, 2021, 11, 9,
Background: Food insecurity is a social determinant of health associated with cognitive impairments in older adults and people living with HIV (PLWH). Few studies have examined this relation longitudinally, and no studies have explored how the frequency of food insecurity over time may impact...
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Tamargo, J. A.; Meade, C. S.; Campa, A.; Martinez, S. S.; Li Tan; Sherman, K. E.; Baum, M. K.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Nutrition, 2021, 151, 4, pp 979-986
This supplement features 3 papers that discuss important links and causal pathways between different dimensions of food security and nutrition in relation to HIV infection and tuberculosis. Specifically, thoughts on how HIV affects the food security of the people infected and how it alters their...
Author(s)
Bloem, M. W.; Pee, S. de
Publisher
United Nations University Press, Tokyo, Japan
Citation
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2010, 31, 4 (Supplement), pp S289-S364
Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to map the current literature and resources available on nutrition and food programming for people living with HIV/AIDS in Canada. This review is phase 1 of a 4-phase, provincially funded project called FoodNOW (Food to eNhance Our Wellness)...
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Mannette, J.; Zhang, Y.; Rothfus, M.; Purdy, C.; Tesfatsion, W.; Lynch, M.; Hamilton-Hinch, B.; Williams, P.; Joy, P.; Grant, S.
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Hagerstown, USA
Citation
JBI Evidence Synthesis, 2022, 20, 11, pp 2781-2789
Globally, people living with HIV (PLWH) are disproportionately affected by food insecurity. Yet there is limited understanding of the impacts of food insecurity among cisgender and transgender women living with HIV (WLWH) in high-income countries. Thus, it is critical to examine the lived...
Author(s)
Sernick, A.; Shannon, K.; Ranville, F.; Arora, K.; Magagula, P.; Shoveller, J.; Krüsi, A.
Publisher
Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
Health and Social Care in the Community, 2021, 30, 1, pp e138-e147