ArticleFood science & nutrition2026
What's on the Plate? Unveiling Food Insecurity and Nutritional Risk Among Preschool-Aged Children in Türkiye.
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Despite growing attention to early childhood nutrition, limited research has investigated the connection between food insecurity and nutritional risk in preschool-aged children. This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of nutritional risk using the Nutrition Screening for Toddlers and Preschoolers (NutriSTEP) tool and to investigate its association with household food insecurity and malnutrition. The study included 358 preschool children and their mothers, recruited from seven distinct Mother-Child Education Centers in Istanbul, Türkiye. Data collection included anthropometric measurements, the Household Food Security Survey-Short Form, and the NutriSTEP questionnaire, along with maternal and household characteristics. Findings revealed that 31.6% of households experienced some degree of food insecurity. Children from food-insecure households had significantly higher NutriSTEP scores (25.3 ± 7.0) compared to those from food-secure households (23.4 ± 7.1,
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