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Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 121
Published: 01 December 2020
10.1159/000507515
EISBN: 978-3-318-06698-2
... are influencing the nutrition diversity and food security situation. The findings highlight low dietary diversity with more than 80% of women and 77% of children consuming less than the daily recommended food groups. A high level of food insecurity (49.9%) was also reported in the study area (https://www.snrd...
Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 115
Published: 24 May 2016
10.1159/000442072
EISBN: 978-3-318-05685-3
... Abstract Food insecurity is a leading nutrition-related health care issue in the USA due to the magnitude of the problem (almost 50 million Americans are food insecure) and its association with a wide array of negative health and other outcomes. Alongside this interest in the USA, there has...
Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 121
Published: 01 December 2020
10.1159/000507493
EISBN: 978-3-318-06698-2
... that needs a complex answer and to understand the bigger picture, context-specific nutrition programming approaches help to capture holistically the magnitude, severity, and the causes of food and nutrition insecurity within a specific community or region of a country. PtIN calls on governments to ensure...
Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 121
Published: 01 December 2020
10.1159/000507489
EISBN: 978-3-318-06698-2
... Security and Nutrition in the World. Rome, FAO, 2019. 2. Peng W, Dernini S, Berry EM: Coping with food insecurity using the sociotype ecological framework. Front Nutr 2018;5:107. 3. United Nations: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2000). Geneva, UN, 2000. 4. Kickbusch I...
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Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 121
Published: 01 December 2020
10.1159/000507523
EISBN: 978-3-318-06698-2
... Abstract This study aims to assess the impact of future global development pathways on food and nutrition security, particularly on the composition of diets considering macronutrients. For this purpose, two alternative baseline scenarios until 2030 following the narratives of shared...
Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 115
Published: 24 May 2016
10.1159/000441882
EISBN: 978-3-318-05685-3
... Abstract Although still a powerful economy, Germany faces rising income inequality and food insecurity. Quantitative data show that nutritional poverty in Germany has become a fact, especially for social welfare recipients. This contribution gives an overview and discusses the limits of results...
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Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 98
Published: 24 April 2024
10.1159/000534988
EISBN: 978-3-318-07263-1
... during pregnancy and early postnatal life. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated malnutrition issues among children, with disruptions to structured school settings, access to nutritious foods, and physical activity. Additionally, food insecurity has increased, with significant impacts...
Book Chapter
Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 98
Published: 24 April 2024
10.1159/000534990
EISBN: 978-3-318-07263-1
... to food systems which is also disruptive to human health. We now have more people displaced from their homes than ever before and many live in refugee centers, so we must be agile in how we may provide food. The four elements of acute and chronic food and nutrition insecurity must each be considered...
Book Chapter
Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 87
Published: 24 March 2017
10.1159/000448960
EISBN: 978-3-318-05956-4
... Abstract Appropriate complementary food is a must for optimum growth of infants and children. The food should be diverse and be given in sufficient quantities 2-4 times a day depending upon age. Poverty, food insecurity, and lack of awareness regarding the choice of nutritious food ingredients...
Book Chapter
Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 89
Published: 06 August 2018
10.1159/000486496
EISBN: 978-3-318-06352-3
..., misguided policies and politics, weak leadership, and limited technical capacity in nutrition, are important determinants. At an intermediate level, contributing factors include food insecurity, insufficient caregiving resources, unsafe and unhygienic housing conditions, and limited access and utilization...
Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 115
Published: 24 May 2016
10.1159/000442103
EISBN: 978-3-318-05685-3
... of data and the literature reveals increasing farm-level income from cash crop production as the main pathway by which organic agriculture and GM agriculture improve nutrition. Potential secondary pathways include reduced prices of important food crops like maize due to GM maize production and increased...
Book Chapter
Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 99
Published: 29 May 2024
10.1159/000534966
EISBN: 978-3-318-07336-2
... recommendations on nutrition treatment strategies are emphasized. Undernutrition and nutritional deficiencies were expected to increase in less developed countries, but also in underprivileged societal groups in well-developed countries, due to an increase in poverty, unemployment, and food insecurity...
Book Chapter
Series: Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
Volume: 87
Published: 24 March 2017
10.1159/000448976
EISBN: 978-3-318-05956-4
... provision of food supplementation, including food-insecure populations. Recognizing the determinants of poor growth in addition to improved diets, it is important to consider the effects of other interventions, such as improved water, sanitation, hygiene, and food safety along with nutritional interventions...
Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 115
Published: 24 May 2016
EISBN: 978-3-318-05685-3
...References References 1. de Onis M, Blossner M, Borghi E: Prevalence and trends of stunting among pre-school children, 1990-2020. Public Health Nutr 2012;15:142-148. 2. FAO, IFAD, WFP: The state of food insecurity in the world 2015. Meeting the 2015 international hunger targets: taking...
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Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 102
Published: 08 August 2011
10.1159/000327823
EISBN: 978-3-8055-9780-7
... of food but with a high prevalence of lifestyle related disease and the need to meet the needs of at risk sub-groups in the population. The 1995 National Nutrition Survey estimated the prevalence of food insecurity in Australia as 5.2% [ 10 ]. This was based on a single-item question: ‘In the last 12...
Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 115
Published: 24 May 2016
10.1159/000442109
EISBN: 978-3-318-05685-3
... Organization (FAO) states that ‘hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition are complex problems that cannot be solved by a single stakeholder or sector' [ 4 ]. Interventions that improve nutrition require the collaboration of various stakeholders for their successful implementation. The combination of the skills...
Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 121
Published: 01 December 2020
10.1159/000507497
EISBN: 978-3-318-06698-2
... into reverse. Concomitantly, the number of food insecure is increasing, and the prevalence of non-communicable disease is high. IPES-Food, in collaboration with the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, undertook a review of the scientific evidence covering a whole range of global health impacts associated...
Book Chapter
Series: Forum of Nutrition
Volume: 60
Published: 17 August 2007
10.1159/000107197
EISBN: 978-3-318-01499-0
... applications ofnutrigenomics are the possibility of delivering the right micronutrients in the optimumamount to the food insecure and developing novel foods which are more nutritious, flavourful,storable, and health promoting than many of the products manufactured today. ...
Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 118
Published: 24 April 2018
10.1159/000484343
EISBN: 978-3-318-06253-3
.... There is great potential of reducing food insecurity by vegetable gardens. Moringa Programme: In 2012, “Shining Eyes” could use Moringa powder and Moringa cookies for the first time. Since then, they have become a regular feature of their nutrition programmes. Women as well as their children are fond of both...
Book Chapter
Series: World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Volume: 111
Published: 18 November 2014
10.1159/000362322
EISBN: 978-3-318-02667-2
... environments are at greater risk to give birth to babies who have been nutritionally compromised in the womb, perpetuating the poverty-malnutrition cycle. The Dilemma of the Coexistence of Under- and Overnutrition in LICs The relationship between household food and nutrition insecurity...