Food insecurity affects food intake, and it could prevent an individual from consuming
enough nutritious food to support and maintain health. The aim of this paper is to determine
the prevalence and factors influencing food insecurity among Malaysian households. In
2014, the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey (MANS) was carried out, and one of the
components measured was food insecurity. Six out of sixteen questions from the food
security core-module questionnaire were adopted and answered by 2962 adults. The results …