Are free school meals failing families? Exploring the relationship between child food insecurity, child mental health and free school meal status during COVID-19: national cross-sectional surveys by Maria Bryant, Tiffany C Yang, Madeleine Power, Bridget Lockyer, Rachael H Moss, Wendy Burton, Bob Doherty

“…Objective Food insecurity is linked to poor health and well-being in children and rising prevalence rates have been exacerbated by COVID-19. …”
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The Links Between Community-Based Financial Inclusion and Household Food Availability: Evidence from Mozambique by Aweke Tadesse, Kenan Li, Jesse Helton, Jin Huang, David Ansong

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‘Will my fingerprint be enough?’: secondary school students struggle to purchase a healthy, tasty and sustainable meal on the UK free school meal allowance by Sundus Mahdi, Annie Connolly, Bob Doherty, Maria Bryant

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Rift Valley Fever in Rwanda Is Urging for Enhancing Global Health Security Through Multisectoral One Health Strategy by Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Ayman Ahmed

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Association of food security with cardiometabolic health during young adulthood: cross-sectional comparison of American Indian adults with other racial/ethnic groups by Cassandra J Nikolaus, Anna Zamora-Kapoor, Luciana E Hebert, Ka'imi Sinclair

“…Relationships among risk of food insecurity, sociodemographic characteristics and diabetes varied across models stratified by race and ethnicity.Conclusions Results suggest that elevated risk of food insecurity is present in young American Indian adults, but its relationship with cardiometabolic health is unclear. …”
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Exposição Universal 2015: luzes e sombras sobre a insegurança e a ajuda alimentar na Europa by Cristina Almeida Cunha Filgueiras

“…The central purpose of this paper is to question the low visibility of food insecurity and food aid in the current European political context. …”
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Factors influencing food security among fishermen households in West Java by Irbah Syahputri Rofifah, Tanziha Ikeu, Farida Baliwati Yayuk, Retna Puspita Dyah

“…Fisherman households often face food insecurity, which is strongly associated with poverty. …”
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The Food Resources and Kitchen Skills intervention: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial. by Armando Peña, Emily Dawkins, Mariah Adams, Lyndsi R Moser, Amy Carter, Rebecca L Rivera, Deanna Reinoso, Wanzhu Tu, Richard J Holden, Daniel O Clark

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Individuals with food insecurity are disproportionately burdened by hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes and face greater barriers to self-managing these conditions.…”
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The interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence: A scoping review with system dynamics modeling. by Pooja Agrawal, Lori Ann Post, Janis Glover, Denise Hersey, Piya Oberoi, Brian Biroscak

“…This review of the global literature examines the interplay between GBV, climate change, and food insecurity-including recent literature regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Does science have the answer to most issues of food security? by Marta Musolino, Gabriella Nucera

“…Increasing food production without altering its uneven distribution will only augment this inequality, making who has access to food more secure but not helping who is currently affected by the food insecurity issues. Science can play its role, but development towards the solutions to food insecurity must be led by politics.…”
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Supporting students through the COVID-19 pandemic: the perspectives of food pantry workers by Alvin Tran, Muskan Kohli, Aishwarya Sreenivasan, Selena Chom, Dhaani Dhaani, Neeko Rosete

“…Abstract Background College students in the United States are disproportionately impacted by food insecurity, which is associated with diminished health outcomes and poor academic performance. …”
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Differences of type of foods consumed by households in urban and rural West Java, Indonesia by Annisa Nurhidayati Vieta, Riyadi Hadi

“…Programs promoting diverse protein source consumption could help reduce the incidence of food insecurity and stunting, especially in rural settings.…”
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Landscape Diversity Enhances Climate Change Resilience: A Review by Tumwesigye, Wycliffe, Kishoin, Viola, Turyasingura, Benson, Mwanjalolo, Majaliwa, Gilbert, Jackson

“…The review aimed at understanding landscape diversity in the face of global population pressure, agricultural land shortages, food insecurity, and climate insecurity. We used published literature to determine whether landscape diversity improves resilience to climate change. …”
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Nigeria: Hungry Nation in a Land of Plenty by Philip Fwaldin Kasuwa

“…Often heralded as a land of vast agricultural potential and rich natural and human resources, Nigeria faces a paradoxical struggle with pervasive hunger and food insecurity. This article explores Nigeria’s multifaceted hunger crisis despite its capacity to be a leading food producer in Africa. …”
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Using the socioecological model to explore factors associated with obesity among reproductive age women by Amanda Gilbert, Alicia Persaud, Sarah Farabi, Sarah Farabi, Cindy Schwarz, Debra Haire-Joshu, Rachel G. Tabak

“…In multivariate models, individual level factors of high/moderate physical activity (OR = 0.47, 95% CI: 0.26,0.84, p = 0.01) and food insecurity (OR = 2.51, 95% CI: 1.33,4.71, p = 0.00) were statistically significantly related to risk of having obesity compared to being overweight.DiscussionPhysical activity and food insecurity were associated with obesity in this study. …”
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Prevalence of undernutrition and associated factors among adolescent pregnant women in Dolo-Ado town, Somali region, Ethiopia by Abdirahman Ahmed, Abdulkarim Mohammed, Mahamed Dol Ateye, Saleha Abdusamed

“…Approximately 32.1% of the participants experienced food insecurity, and only 3% met the minimum dietary diversity score. …”
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Improving farm households’ economic status to address food security in Ghana: The role of participation in nonfarm activities by Eli Andrew Akosikumah, Hamdiyah Alhassan, Paul Adjei Kwakwa

“…Nonfarm participation is a sure means of reducing household food insecurity shocks and improving household wellbeing. …”
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Food security and dietary intake of a cohort of South African students during COVID-19 by Juanita Jonker, Corinna Walsh

“…Background: Food insecurity among students was a global concern even before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. …”
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Farmers’ knowledge improves identification of drought impacts: A nationwide statistical analysis in Zambia by Max Mauerman, Henny Osbahr, Emily Black, Daniel Osgood, Grieve Chelwa, Bernadette Mushinge

“…Climate adaptation policies rely on accurate estimates of weather-related impacts on community-level food insecurity. These estimates must capture local livelihoods and their varying sensitivity to climate extremes. …”
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Public Perception of Genetically Modified Organisms and the Implementation of Biosafety Measures in Kenya by Kunyanga Nkirote Catherine, B. Roy Mugiira, N. Josephat Muchiri

“…GMOs have gained popularity because of their potential to address global food insecurity. However, the widespread adoption of GMOs has sparked debates and controversies. …”
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