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ArticleInternational journal of food science2017

Household Food Insecurity in Southeastern Iran: Severity and Related Factors.

Zinat Mortazavi, Ahmad Reza Dorosty, Mohammad Reza Eshraghian, Mohtasham Ghaffari, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Mahdi Mohammadi

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Article in International journal of food science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zinat MortazaviDepartment of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-2563-5259
Ahmad Reza DorostyDepartment of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-6937-7776
Mohammad Reza EshraghianEpidemiology and Biostatistics Department, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohtasham GhaffariEnvironmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza Ansari-MoghaddamHealth Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Mahdi MohammadiHealth Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRZahedan University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundToday, more than one billion people globally suffer from poverty and food insecurity. This study aimed to determine the severity of and factors related to household food insecurity in Zahedan, Southeastern Iran.

methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of 2,160 households between November 2014 and December 2015. Demographic and socioeconomic data were collected through interviewing the household mothers. Household food security status was assessed through the USDA 18-item questionnaire. The data were analyzed using chi-square test, one-way ANOVA, and logistic regression model.

resultsTotal food insecurity in the households investigated was 58.8%. There were significant associations ( DISCUSSION: The results showed that more than half of the households examined suffer from food insecurity. Interventions to improve the food security status of people should be designed and implemented to improve people's knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to healthy eating and food preparation. People's access to healthy foods and knowledge of how to select healthy foods (especially on a limited budget) should also be improved.

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