This special issue includes abstracts of papers presented at the conference. Topics discussed are: school nutrition programme; indigenous food training; dietary quality, attitudes and behaviours; nutrition education; food safety awareness; breastfeeding education; health and food security; USDA ...
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Elsevier Inc., Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2023, 55, 7 Suppl., pp 1-118
Background: Food security is one of the basic needs of humans and is regarded as a priority in the development goals of all countries. This study aimed at an epidemiological assessment of food security in healthcare centers affiliated with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS). Methods: In...
Author(s)
Khosravi, Z.; Taghipour, A.; Afzalaghaee, M.; Farkhani, E. M.
Publisher
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Citation
Journal of Nutrition and Food Security, 2023, 8, 3, pp 353-359
Food insecurity (FI) may increase risk for binge eating through a "feast-or-famine" cycle, where fluctuations in food availability correspond to alternating periods of food restriction and opportunities for binge eating, but research on this topic is limited. To clarify the relationship between...
Author(s)
Hazzard, V. M.; Loth, K. A.; Crosby, R. D.; Wonderlich, S. A.; Engel, S. G.; Larson, N.; Neumark-Sztainer, D.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Appetite, 2023, 180,
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of the complex global food supply chains (GFSCs) which has drastically affected the essential flow of food from the farms and producers to the final consumers. The COVID-19 outbreak has served as a great lesson for the food businesses and...
Author(s)
Alabi, M. O.; Ngwenyama, O.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK
Citation
British Food Journal, 2022, 125, 1, pp 167-185
The food systems approach can contribute to food security and reduced malnutrition levels by identifying key investments and policies throughout the food system, including production, processing, marketing, and consumption of food. However, in countries facing fragility and conflict, it has proven...
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Babu, S. C.; Looden, J.; Ajmal, M.; Rana, A. W.; Srivastava, N.
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International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, USA
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IFPRI - Discussion Papers, 2021, 2007, pp 43 pp.
The purpose of this research was to analyze household food security and identifies key socio-economic factors associated with this condition among summer crop growers in Shoushtar Township, Khouzestan Province, Iran. This cross-sectional survey study was conducted from September 2015 to February...
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Noorivandi, A. N.
Publisher
Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
Citation
International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2018, 8, 4, pp 475-486
Air pollution negatively impacts food security. This paper reviews the current literature on the relationship between air pollution and food security from the perspective of food system. It highlights that agricultural emissions which substantially contribute to air pollution could happen at every...
Author(s)
Sun FeiFei; Dai Yun; Yu XiaoHua
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2017, 16, 12, pp 2945-2962
This article reviews the literature at the intersection of war, armed conflict, and food security, focusing on intergroup violent conflicts such as interstate conflict, civil war, insurgencies, state violence toward civilians, riots, and nonstate conflict. We briefly discuss recent trends in...
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Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, USA
Citation
Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2022, 14, pp 313-332
Food security refers to the ideal state or condition of households that have access at all times to enough food for their members to live an active, healthy life. To better understand local food insecurity, a needs assessment was implemented to explore contributing factors and discuss solutions. A...
Author(s)
Christaldi, J.; Pazzaglia, G.
Publisher
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, USA
Citation
Health Promotion Practice, 2020, 21, 3, pp 383-389
We examine violent conflict's spillover effects on food insecurity in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Malawi. Using a contiguity matrix weighted on the distance between housing units and data from the Living Standard Measurement Survey, we find a statistically significant spillover effect of violent conflict ...
Author(s)
Muriuki, J.; Hudson, D.; Fuad, S.; March, R. J.; Lacombe, D. J.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Policy, 2023, 115,