ArticleFood security2026
Effects of an intervention for a liquefied petroleum gas cook-stove with free fuel on food insecurity and dietary diversity among women and infants: a multi-country randomized controlled trial.
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- Prevalence and determinants of anaemia among pregnant women using biomass fuel in rural Tamil Nadu: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
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Food insecurity and energy insecurity are critical global health issues, with implications for dietary diversity and infant feeding practices. This study evaluated the effects of an intervention for a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cook-stove and for free fuel on food security and dietary diversity among women and infants in four diverse settings. The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) study is a randomized controlled trial that enrolled 800 pregnant women each in Guatemala, Peru, India, and Rwanda. Participants (N=3195) were randomly assigned to intervention or control groups, with intervention households receiving an LPG cook-stove and free fuel for 18 months. We measured household food insecurity using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and dietary diversity for women and infants using the Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women and WHO infant and young child feeding questionnaires, respectively. We conducted an intention-to-treat analysis to evaluate the effect of the intervention on each outcome. At baseline, 27.4% of households were mildly food insecure, 15.6% were moderately or severely food insecure, and 26.8% of women achieved minimum dietary diversity. At end-line, the intervention significantly reduced moderate or severe food insecurity (RR: 0.75, 95% CI: 0.58-0.97) and improved dietary diversity among our analytic sample of 2868 women (RR: 1.16, 95% CI: 1.01-1.33) and 2836 infants aged 12 months (RR: 1.07, 95% CI: 1.002-1.15). Our findings suggest that interventions that increase energy security can be nutrition-sensitive and contribute to improved food and nutrition security. The trial was registered on clinicaltrials.gov (Identifier NCT029446282) on October 17, 2016.
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