Background: School nutrition programs mitigate child food insecurity across the United States. With the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, kindergarten through grade 12 physical school campuses closed, which led to those programs transitioning to emergency feeding. The...
Author(s)
Patten, E. V.; Spruance, L.; Vaterlaus, J. M.; Jones, M.; Beckstead, E.
Publisher
Elsevier, New York, USA
Citation
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2021, 121, 8, pp 1441-1453
A review of the operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) during 2005 is presented. WFP is primarily geared towards the elimination of hunger in the world and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals on poverty and hunger. Over 90% of the WFP's development resources went to the...
Publisher
World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
Citation
Annual Report - World Food Programme, 2005, 2005, pp 61 pp.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated global malnutrition challenges, disrupted food supply chains, and left poor and vulnerable people unable to produce and access safe and affordable food, especially in developing countries. Food policy and governance are currently...
Author(s)
Wang JingJing; Ding XinYue; Gao HaiXiu; Fan ShengGen
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Nutrients, 2022, 14, 3,
This year's report should dispel any lingering doubts that the world is moving backwards in its efforts to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. We are now only eight years away from 2030, but the distance to reach many of the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) targets...
Publisher
FAO, Rome, Italy
Citation
The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2022: repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable, 2022, pp 260 pp.
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,
Sub-Saharan African countries experience various market failures and other constraints in food production, marketing, and food consumption. Consequently, sub-Saharan Africa governments have put in place a myriad of policies to counter these failures. Agricultural, food and nutrition policies...
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Food Policy, 2022, 113, pp unpaginated
Purpose of Review: To introduce and provide evidence for the new Syndemic of COVID-19, Obesity, and Food Insecurity and propose strategies for mitigating its impact, particularly among vulnerable populations. Recent Findings: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated obesity, food insecurity, and the...
Author(s)
Pryor, S.; Dietz, W.
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland
Citation
Current Obesity Reports, 2022, 11, 3, pp 70-79
Purpose. Food in security maps reveal the spatial variability of relevant indicators in relevant units in geographically disaggregated levels. This study is based on a systematic analysis of the least studied areas related to food insecurity in Pakistan, such as district-level Small Area Estimation ...
Author(s)
Rubina Kiran; Abdul Jabbar
Publisher
Academy of Economic Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Citation
Agricultural and Resource Economics: International Scientific E-Journal, 2022, 8, 4, pp 33-65
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,
Aim: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the Australian food supply with potential ramifications on food security. This scoping review aimed to synthesise current evidence on the prevalence of food insecurity and changes to factors related to food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic in...
Author(s)
Louie, S.; Shi YuMeng; Allman-Farinelli, M.
Publisher
Wiley, Melbourne, Australia
Citation
Nutrition & Dietetics, 2022, 79, 1, pp 28-47