Food insecurity definition

Food insecurity means the limited or uncertain availabili- ty of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods with dignity and without resorting to emergency food supplies or other coping strategies.
Food insecurity means an event or events driven by natural disasters, economic shocks, and/or public health threats, which poses a significant threat of becoming a large-scale food security crisis within a country or across countries, in accordance with criteria acceptable to the Association.
Food insecurity means a limited or uncertain

Examples of Food insecurity in a sentence

  • Food insecurity issues may especially arise outside Europe, leading to increased pressures on food produced within Europe, causing prices to rapidly increase and the risk of hysteresis on the market (measured in terms of a continued increase in prices over a sequence of years).

  • Food insecurity may also worsen the impact that HIV has on individuals and households, for example, when food needs limit the resources available to spend on health care or reduce the availability of household members to care for sick individuals, or negatively affect adherence and treatment Data Collection Method: Data for this indicator are collected at the referral network level.

  • Food insecurity was not a significant predictor of emotional distress (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2020).

  • Food insecurity is particularly high in refugee communities due to language, income, transportation, and education barriers (▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al 2010).

  • Food insecurity has increased in the past 10 years in particular, due to constant tribal fighting and inconsistent rainy seasons for the last 22 years.

  • Food insecurity is associated with nutrient inadequacies among Canadian adults and adolescents.

  • Food insecurity and the risks of depression and anxiety in mothers and behavior problems in their preschool-aged children.

  • Food insecurity compromises patients’ ability to adhere to dietary recommendations, limiting their capacity to manage their disease and prevent progression and related complications (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2014).

  • Food insecurity was assessed using the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) two-item validated screener for food insecurity (ref, box 1).

  • Food insecurity was scored as a binary outcome whereby participants were considered to be food insecure if they ever (i.e., at least ‘rarely’) reported having reduced portion sizes or skipped meals in the past four weeks (▇▇▇▇▇, et al.


More Definitions of Food insecurity

Food insecurity means at least one household member in the last 30 days has either:
Food insecurity means a limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods. "Food security" means ensured access to enough food for an active, healthy life.
Food insecurity special considerations for women.‖ The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 94(S): 170S-174S. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, A. (2006). ― Maternal Behavior Change for Child Health and Nutrition‖ Social Initiatives Group, ICIC Bank, Mumbai, India. ▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇., ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇. (2008). ―Effects of a breastfeeding empowerment programme on breastfeeding mothers: A quasi-experimental study.‖ International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45: 14-23.
Food insecurity means a household-level economic and social condition of uncertainty of being able to acquire, in socially acceptable ways, enough food, at any given time, to meet basic dietary needs because of insufficient funds or other resources for food.