Global Food Security, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 41, С. 100768 - 100768
Опубликована: Май 30, 2024
Язык: Английский
Frontiers in Nutrition, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 11
Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025
Adolescence is a phase of life marked by rapid growth. Adequate nutrition essential during this developmental stage, leading to significant physical performance, improved cognitive ability, and productivity. Improving adolescent girls' crucial for breaking the intergenerational cycle malnutrition, but research in Pakistan has largely focused on children under five pregnant women, often neglecting vulnerable group. This study aimed determine contextual sociodemographic factors contributing toward undernutrition improve health nutritional status girls. A school based cross sectional was conducted as baseline survey mixed methods pilot cluster randomized controlled trial. n = 84 girls (10-14 years) from two public schools were selected simple random sampling. Data collected through structured questionnaire including socio demographic profile, anthropometric measurements, dietary patterns, preferences, safe water hygiene practices, access care facilities, understanding malnutrition-related symptoms. The data analyzed SPSS version 27.0. chi-square test used association between BMI categories; underweight normal weight, various socio-demographic variables. Among total girls, overall mean height 143.9 ± 8.1 cm weight 34.4 6.9 kg, while 16.4 2.2 kg/m2. 86.9% underweight, whereas 13.1% had BMI. z-scores both height-for-age BMI-for-age negative values, i.e., -1.62 0.89 -1.18 1.05, respectively. Findings demonstrated that high burden among school-going needs targeted approaches like education interventions enhance awareness about healthy behaviors, food ensuring safe, sufficient, diet. multipronged approach required involving individuals, families, sector, other relevant sectors. Larger scale studies are still better issue guide designing programs address specific particular age
Язык: Английский
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Appetite, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 107854 - 107854
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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GeoHealth, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9(2)
Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025
Abstract Previous studies have reported that around 33 million people in the United States are food insecure, potentially leading to several health outcomes. This study aimed evaluate geospatial variation of insecurity and its association with adverse human outcomes at state resolution States. The include diabetes cardiovascular diseases. Data sets on diseases were compiled from Centers for Disease Control Prevention Wonder database chronic conditions. data was accessed USDA, which compiles responses household surveys Census Bureau. Mixed‐effects regression models used this analyze relationships between diabetes, incidence rate ratio also estimated 95% confidence intervals both diseases, comparing high profiles low profiles. Food insecurity, showed significantly higher rates southern part relative other regions. significant associations a p ‐value < 0.001. interval as [1.198 1.234] [1.033 1.091] indicating increase while moving profile.
Язык: Английский
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Journal of Asian and African Studies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 2, 2025
Children’s experiences of food insecurity (FI) are different from adults. There was no study in Iran regarding this issue. This content analysis explored and conceptualized FI 45 children aged 10–12 years Tehran. They were interviewed records analyzed using MAXQDA 2018. concept emerged three dimensions including cognitive, emotional, physical. responded to by reducing the quality quantity other religious, behavioral, emotional cognitive coping strategies. Children can report their experiences. These results help develop a child-level questionnaire.
Язык: Английский
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Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(1)
Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2025
Язык: Английский
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Global Food Security, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 41, С. 100768 - 100768
Опубликована: Май 30, 2024
Язык: Английский
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