SynthesisCurrent nutrition reports2019
A Systematic Review of the Evaluation of Interventions to Tackle Children's Food Insecurity.
Synthesis in Current nutrition reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Interventions that address food insecurity for children aged 0-11 years, families, and pregnant women in the UK: a systematic review of intervention studies.Journal of nutritional science · 2026Pooled it
- Improving phenylalanine and micronutrients status of children with phenylketonuria: a pilot randomized study.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2021Trial
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- Diet Cost and Affordability in Queensland: A Two-Year Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Food Insecurity Screening and Intervention Strategies in Pediatric Primary Care Practices: A Mixed Methods Study.Academic pediatrics · 2026Article
- Interventions to address individual/household food insecurity in Europe since COVID-19: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Do children in food-insecure households in England access free school meals? A cross-sectional analysis of the UK Family Resources Survey.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Community Food Insecurity Interventions for Adults Living in the United Kingdom: A Scoping Review.Nutrition bulletin · 2025Article
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- Contributions of subjective status to eating behaviors, obesity, and metabolic health across development.Appetite · 2025Review
- Interventions to mitigate infant food insecurity in high-income countries: an overview of current evidence.Nutrire : revista de Sociedade Brasileira de Alimentacao e Nutricao = journal of the Brazilian Society of Food and Nutrition · 2025Article
- Food insecurity in the household: Interventions tackling children's food insecurity, a commentary on a systematic review.Journal of family & child health · 2024Article
- Food insecurity in children and young people in Scotland.The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society · 2024Review
- Food Insecurity, Neighborhood Food Environment, and Health Disparities: State of the Science, Research Gaps and Opportunities.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Investigating the Poverty-Reducing Effects of SNAP on Non-nutritional Family Outcomes: A Scoping Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Policy solutions to eliminate racial and ethnic child health disparities in the USA.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2024Review
- Food Access Support Technology (FAST): a Centralized City-Wide Platform for Rapid Response to Food Insecurity.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Use of the Emergency Food System among Food Insecure, Low-income Households in the United States 2015 to 2020.Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition · 2023Article
- Exploring the Gap: Food Insecurity and Resource Engagement.Academic pediatrics · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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Abstract
purpose of reviewTo synthesise the research which has sought to evaluate interventions aiming to tackle children's food insecurity and the contribution of this research to evidencing the effectiveness of such interventions. RECENT
findingsThe majority of studies in this review were quantitative, non-randomised studies, including cohort studies. Issues with non-complete outcome data, measurement of duration of participation in interventions, and accounting for confounds are common in these evaluation studies. Despite the limitations of the current evidence base, the papers that were reviewed provide evidence for multiple positive outcomes for children participating in attended and subsidy interventions, inter alia, reductions in food insecurity, poor health and obesity. However, current evaluations may overlook key areas of impact of these interventions on the lives and outcomes of participating children. This review suggests that the current evidence base which evaluates food insecurity interventions for children is both mixed and limited in scope and quality. In particular, the outcomes measured are narrow, and many papers have methodological limitations. With this in mind, a systems-based approach to both implementation and evaluation of food poverty interventions is recommended.
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