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Nutrition and Food Sciences

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Global progress in reducing hunger during the 2000s stalled in 2010, and leading to an increase in undernourishment in several countries starting in 2014. The 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World analysed the three main drivers challenging food...

Author(s)
Azzini, G. C.; Conti, V.; Holleman, C.; Smulders, M.
Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Citation
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Studies, 2022, 23, pp x + 54 pp.
Abstract

A global transformation of food systems is needed, given their impact on the three interconnected pandemics of undernutrition, obesity and climate change. A scoping review was conducted to synthesise the effectiveness of food system policies/interventions to improve nutrition, nutrition...

Author(s)
Burgaz, C.; Gorasso, V.; Achten, W. M. J.; Batis, C.; Castronuovo, L.; Diouf, A.; Asiki, G.; Swinburn, B. A.; Unar-Munguía, M.; Devleesschauwer, B.; Sacks, G.; Vandevijvere, S.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2023, 15, 5, pp 1313-1344
Abstract

To effectively accelerate action from policymakers on re-orienting food systems towards healthy diets, global stakeholders need to first determine which of the many actions under discussion are essential to delivering healthy diets. In this exploratory study, we sought to identify if there are any...

Author(s)
Walton, S.; Hawkes, C.; Fanzo, J.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global Food Security, 2023, 37,
Abstract

This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that...

Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP) and World Health Organization (WHO), Rome, Italy
Citation
The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2023: urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural-urban continuum, 2023, pp 316 pp.
Abstract

The lockdown in Britain has rendered a large proportion of the population economically vulnerable and has at least quadrupled demand for emergency food relief. This paper looks critically at response to the crisis from the government and the voluntary sector with respect to provision of emergency...

Author(s)
Barker, M.; Russell, J.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Food Security, 2020, 12, 4, pp 865-870
Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between food insecurity and school meal consumption, adjusted for sociodemographic variables. Methods: This cross-sectional study investigated households with children and adolescents living in Brazilian municipalities. A semistructured...

Author(s)
Amorim, A. L. B. de; Santos, R. D. dos; Ribeiro Junior, J. R. S.; Canella, D. S.; Bandoni, D. H.
Publisher
Elsevier, New York, USA
Citation
Nutrition, 2022, 93,
Abstract

Introduction: Despite UN recommendations to monitor food insecurity using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), to date there are no published reports of its validity for The Bahamas, nor have prevalence rates of moderate or severe food insecurity been reported for the remote island nation....

Author(s)
Karpyn, A.; Headley, M. G.; Kennedy, N.; Wolgast, H. K.; Riser, D.; Sarfo, A. R. O.; Knowles, Z.; Hepburn, E.
Publisher
Deakin University, Department of Human Services, Rural Health Division, Victoria, Australia
Citation
Rural and Remote Health, 2021, 21, 4,
Abstract

Without refute, a sustainable global food security can only be achieved when all folks have physical, social and economic access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient supply of food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for healthy life. To this end, quest to achieve this dream has been on ...

Author(s)
Bankefa, O. E.; Oladeji, S. J.; Ayilara-Akande, S. O.; Lasisi, M. M.
Publisher
Springer (India) Private Limited, New Delhi, India
Citation
Journal of Food Science and Technology (Mysore), 2020, 58, 6, pp 2041-2053
Abstract

In a context where food assistance continues to dominate talks on food security, this study was undertaken to refocus the debate on households' needs. Our objective was to examine the food security experience and needs of food-insecure households from the standpoint of those participating in...

Author(s)
Hamelin, A. M.; Mercier, C.; Bédard, A.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Citation
International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2011, 35, 1, pp 58-68
Abstract

Although food security is traditionally defined with four dimensions, there are increasing calls for an additional two: agency and sustainability. However, it is especially challenging to measure agency, a person's control over their food production and consumption. Measuring women's agency is...

Author(s)
Tkaczyk, Z.; Moseley, W. G.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Land, 2023, 12, 5,

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