The objective of this research is to assess the validity of a modified US Household Food
Security Survey Module (HFSSM) through its correlation with food supply and demographic …

Objectives This study evaluated the prevalence and the socio-demographic determinants of
food insecurity among young adults at a time of economic crisis recovery. Methods A cross …

The Core Food Security Module (CFSM), the national food security monitoring tool, requires
three affirmative responses to categorize households as food insecure. If this tool is …

Ongoing research is exploring the validity and reliability of household food security
assessment through surveys that ask respondents about behaviors and experiences known …

The most recent survey effort to determine the extent of food insecurity and hunger in the
United States, the Food Security Supplement, included a series of questions to assess this …

Objective: To validate abbreviated methods that estimate food security level among poor
communities in Caracas, Venezuela. Design: Two independent cross-sectional studies were …

Food insecurity (FI) is a global problem, and it is important to understand its several
determinants, especially those related to poverty and social inequalities. This study aims to …

ABSTRACT Background The Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) is a UN FAO Voices
of the Hungry (FAO-VoH) experiential metric of food insecurity (FI). It was pilot tested in some …

Objective: To evaluate the association of food insecurity with demographic and
socioeconomic conditions in households in Campinas, São Paulo state, Brazil. Methods …

By analyzing the food consumption data from the 2008/09 Pesquisa de Orçamentos
Familiares in Brazil, we demonstrate that failing to account for food consumed for free at …