Abstract In 2018, 676.1 million people in Africa (52.5% of the population) were moderately or
severely food insecure. This exceptionally high prevalence continues to increase as Africa …

Food insecurity contributes to various stress-related health problems and previous research
found that its association with mental illness is stronger in more affluent countries. We …

Purpose: Social determinants of health (SDoH) including insecure access to food, housing,
and financial resources are critical threats to overall health. We sought to examine this …

The conventional economics literature equates welfare with consumption‐based utility,
neglecting the psychological effects of uncertainty and fear of the future on well‐being. In …

The growing number of elderly people who are at increased risk of food insecurity for a
variety of reasons, including financial ones, requires the current situation to be monitored …

Food security (FS) is influenced by primarily financial but also sociodemographic factors.
Identification of correlates of food insecurity (FI) is a crucial issue in the context of achieving …

Objective To assess the prevalence of food insecurity and the independent association
between depression and food insecurity among youth living in two urban settings in South …

Gender norms prescribe domestic labor as primarily a female's responsibility in developing
countries. Many domestic tasks depend on access to water, so the physical, emotional, and …

Despite ample evidence of the protective role of social support for mental and physical
health, key gaps remain in our understanding of the pathways and mediating processes …

Introduction: Food insecurity has a complex and multifaceted concept and definition, thus
assessing it has been an ongoing challenge for researchers, health practitioners, and policy …