[HTML][HTML] Food insecurity measurement and indicators

R Pérez-Escamilla, AM Segall-Corrêa - Revista de Nutrição, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Food insecurity in older adults: Results from the epidemiology of chronic diseases cohort study 3

SG Fernandes, AM Rodrigues, C Nunes… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The public health problem of food insecurity also affects the elderly population.
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of household food insecurity and its …

Is the adapted Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) developed internationally to measure food insecurity valid in urban and rural households of Ethiopia?

SH Gebreyesus, T Lunde, DH Mariam, T Woldehanna… - BMC nutrition, 2015 - Springer
Background The concept of food insecurity encompasses three dimensions. One of these
dimensions, the access component of household food insecurity is measured through the …

[HTML][HTML] Household food insecurity and food expenditure in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, and the Philippines

HR Melgar-Quinonez, AC Zubieta, B MKNelly… - The Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
This study examined the association between food insecurity, determined by a modified
version of the US Household Food Security Survey Module (US HFSSM), and total daily per …

Refinement of the Brazilian household food insecurity measurement scale: recommendation for a 14-item EBIA

AM Segall-Corrêa, L Marin-León… - Revista de …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVE: To review and refine Brazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement Scale
structure. METHODS: The study analyzed the impact of removing the item" adult lost weight" …

High prevalence of food insecurity, the adverse impact of COVID-19 in Brazilian favela

CV Manfrinato, A Marino, VF Condé… - Public health …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: To investigate food insecurity (FI) prevalence in two favelas in Brazil in the early
weeks of the social distancing policy, from 27 March 2020 to 1 June 2020. Design: A cross …

Household food insecurity: a systematic review of the measuring instruments used in epidemiological studies

ES Marques, ME Reichenheim, CL de Moraes… - Public health …, 2015 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo conduct a systematic review aimed at identifying and characterizing the
experience-based household food security scales and to synthesize their psychometric …

A segurança alimentar no Brasil: proposição e usos da Escala Brasileira de Medida da Insegurança Alimentar (EBIA) de 2003 a 2009

AM Segall-Corrêa… - Segurança alimentar e …, 2009 - periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br
Mesmo com os avanços observados na diminuição das desigualdades sociais no Brasil,
ainda é grande o contingente de pessoas que vivem em situação de insegurança alimentar …

Household food insecurity and nutritional status of children aged 6 to 23 months in Kailali District of Nepal

A Osei, P Pandey, D Spiro, J Nielson… - Food and nutrition …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Food insecurity and malnutrition among children are common in Nepal.
However, inadequate data exist on the association between household food insecurity and …

Food insecurity, food based coping strategies and suboptimal dietary practices of adolescents in Jimma zone Southwest Ethiopia

T Belachew, D Lindstrom, A Gebremariam, D Hogan… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Despite the high prevalence of adolescent food insecurity in Ethiopia, there is no study
which documented its association with suboptimal dietary practices. The objective of this …