FOOD SECURITY AND CHILD MALNUTRITION
Item
Title
FOOD SECURITY AND
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CHILD MALNUTRITION
Description
Food security and child malnutrition are at the forefront of our attention, both
nationally and internationally. The articles contained in this compendium
include a range of methodologies—literature review, cross-sectional study, longitudinal study, case-control, and even a focus group!—all of which examine this
urgent issue, revealing new perspectives and facets of information. Furthermore,
this is a not US-centric compendium, but instead includes research into food
security measures in other nations around the world. HealthWatch has been a
leader in the work being done in this area, and I am particularly happy to be able
to include some of their work here. We will first discuss the meaning of food
secure versus food insecure, before progressing into the association of food security with nutritional, growth, and physical and mental health outcomes.
nationally and internationally. The articles contained in this compendium
include a range of methodologies—literature review, cross-sectional study, longitudinal study, case-control, and even a focus group!—all of which examine this
urgent issue, revealing new perspectives and facets of information. Furthermore,
this is a not US-centric compendium, but instead includes research into food
security measures in other nations around the world. HealthWatch has been a
leader in the work being done in this area, and I am particularly happy to be able
to include some of their work here. We will first discuss the meaning of food
secure versus food insecure, before progressing into the association of food security with nutritional, growth, and physical and mental health outcomes.