The measurement of food insecurity is essential to monitor the prevalence, risk factors,
consequences and effects of food insecurity and the interventions and policies implemented …

ObjectiveFood insecurity is a salient health issue comprised of four dimensions–food
access, availability, utilization and stability over time. The aim of the present study was to …

Background Due to the relatively low numbers of households in high income countries
experiencing food insecurity most studies conflate the levels of severity, which masks …

Abstract Purpose of Review India is home to an estimated 200 million malnourished people,
suggesting widespread food insecurity. However, variations in the methods used for …

Using data from three household surveys in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and India, this report
compares two commonly used measures of household food insecurity: a measure of caloric …

The phenomenon loosely labeled hunger in the 1980s is now being discussed as food
security or insecurity. Food security is defined as access by all people at all times to enough …

The United Nations define food security as" People having at all times, physical, social and
economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and …

Objective: To review and synthesize studies on household food security in South Africa.
Design: Systematic mapping review of metrics (methodological review). Setting: Electronic …

Executive summary This paper explores the use of household expenditure surveys for
assessing food insecurity among people in developing countries. The main objective of the …

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 …