The Intersection of Food Security and Mental Health in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals

Nutrients, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(13), С. 2036 - 2036

Опубликована: Июнь 27, 2024

Food insecurity, a multifaceted global challenge, intertwines with mental health concerns, necessitating nuanced strategies for sustainable solutions. The intricate web of challenges posed by these intersections has made it imperative to delineate strategic way forward, incorporating solutions and robust policy recommendations. This study aims comprehensively examine the relationship between food security its intersection on scale, offering insights into case studies, responses, innovative approaches inform effective addressing pressing challenges. involved an analysis literature search, mainly 2013 2023, updated addition relevant 2024 studies. Examining responses across regions unveils varied interventions, from targeted social safety net programs in West Africa technology-driven Asia. Success stories, such as Ghana’s agricultural practices Canada’s income transfer programs, underscore efficacy approaches. Innovative initiatives like community offer promising alternatives traditional banks. Furthermore, international cooperation innovations, exemplified European Union’s “Farm Fork Strategy”, demonstrate potential collective action insecurity. By prioritizing integrated strategies, collaboration, evidence-based policymaking, we lay groundwork development where communities thrive nutritionally mentally. We emphasize continuous research evaluation support pave future are not only food-secure but also mentally resilient.

Язык: Английский

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Synergistic conservation approaches for nurturing soil, food security and human health towards sustainable development goals

Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 100479 - 100479

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Association between food insecurity and depressive symptoms in college students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of American College Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 7

Опубликована: Март 3, 2025

Examine the relationship between change in food insecurity status and depressive symptoms before during COVID periods undergraduates. Undergraduates (n = 850) surveyed for College Relationships Experiences project November 2019 (wave 1) May 2020 2). Multivariable logistic regression examined association (1) elevated at each wave (2) 2 from 1 to 2. Food insecure (FI) students had over twice odds of both timepoints compared their food-secure (FS) counterparts. Compared those who stayed FS, changed FI FS remained higher Pre-pandemic is a crucial factor influencing pandemic.

Язык: Английский

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Agrifood systems' resilience for sustainable food security amid geopolitical tensions: a systematic literature review

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Introduction This study examines the resilience of agrifood systems amid geopolitical tensions with a primary focus on Ukraine-Russia war and its increased effects global food security, climate change, post-pandemic recovery. The explores different elements, scenarios, behaviors systems, highlighting how conflicts disrupt resource availability economic stability. Further, it existing Resource Nexus influence sustainable nutrition security tension. Much research focuses systems' in context change pandemics, repeatedly overlooking impacts related policies enacted for security. Methods Focused tension as an 76 articles were systematically reviewed to identify key elements scenarios based countries' development, discovered major vulnerability indicators, systems. Results review leads identification four system tensions: fragility reduction, robustness building, adaptive strategies, transformative over time. In general, reduction was more prevalent compared other three scenarios. There decline system's performance due existence some that instability further identifies impact is not uniform. It often influences positive or negative outcomes depending feedback nature at operational levels system. During tensions, food, energy, finance are most affected sectors, followed by interconnected resources such land, water, (LWF), (WEF). Discussion presence effective experiences improved sustainability contribute beneficial relationship between resources, all pillars

Язык: Английский

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The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health Among Syrians and Syrian Refugees Working in Agriculture During COVID-19

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 22(4), С. 549 - 549

Опубликована: Апрель 2, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted vulnerable populations, such as internally displaced Syrians and Syrian refugees (SSRs) in Middle Eastern host countries, through a syndemic interplay of health, social, economic challenges. Movement restrictions disrupted their livelihoods resulting increased food insecurity. A mixed-methods approach was used to address the research question: “What is relationship between Food Insecurity (FI), Mental Health (MH), among SSRs working agriculture”? One hundred SSR participants agriculture were recruited from northern Syria neighbouring countries participate Household Survey. survey data analysed using correlation regression analysis. Additionally, interviews with Survey researchers conducted thematically analysed. Increasing insecurity significantly correlated worse mental health outcomes (rs = −0.24, p 0.018). No moderation effects found measures or household responses pandemic. However, smaller portions storing positively poor exacerbated challenges refugees, particularly during Ramadan 2020, highlighting compounded overlapping crises need for further into resilience strategies.

Язык: Английский

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Bridging the Gap: Integrating Food Security into Healthcare for Healthier Futures – A Scoping Review

Advances in Human Biology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 24, 2025

Abstract Food insecurity remains a critical public health challenge, significantly affecting outcomes and contributing to the burden of chronic diseases. Integrating food security initiatives within healthcare systems offers strategic approach addressing this issue by leveraging infrastructure identify, support manage nutritional needs vulnerable populations. This article explores multifaceted role policy development, stakeholder engagement technological innovation in fostering effective integration into systems. The study highlights importance comprehensive training capacity building for professionals effectively recognize respond insecurity. By embedding medical curricula professional development programmes, providers can improve patient care outcomes. Despite promising benefits, several challenges impede progress, including limited research on integrated interventions’ long-term impacts economic benefits. Programs’ cultural relevance adaptability also require further exploration ensure effectiveness across diverse paper underscores need robust metrics continuous improvement methodologies evaluate impact these initiatives, facilitating replication successful models varied settings. Furthermore, identifies gaps proposes future directions enhance understanding integration. These include longitudinal studies, evaluations, interdisciplinary collaborations. In conclusion, while remain, integrating presents significant opportunity reduce With collaborative efforts from policymakers, communities, pave way towards where is integral well-being, ultimately healthier more resilient communities.

Язык: Английский

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The mediating role of food insecurity in the relationship between income poverty and depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation: A nationwide study of Korean adults

Social Science & Medicine, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 117972 - 117972

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Cross-sectional association of food insecurity with loneliness in older adults: The role of sex, age, and psychosomatic factors

The journal of nutrition health & aging, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 28(9), С. 100328 - 100328

Опубликована: Авг. 2, 2024

Food insecurity (FI) is a critical social determinant of poor psychosocial health. While data on the specific roles sex and age in FI-loneliness link among older adults are limited, underlying mechanisms largely unknown. This study examines age-sex-specific associations FI with loneliness Ghana quantifies extent to which psychosomatic factors mediate association.

Язык: Английский

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Focusing attention on the important association between food insecurity and psychological distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Nutrition, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 10(1)

Опубликована: Сен. 6, 2024

Язык: Английский

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A research brief describing a logic model framework for planning a Food Recovery Network chapter at an undergraduate university

Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 15

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

In the United States, both food security and waste are critical issues for population health well-being. Approximately 13.5% of U.S house­holds experienced insecurity in 2023. a given year, an estimated 22 million pounds (10 kg) wasted college campus dining halls. Food Recovery Network (FRN) student-led chapters work to reduce on campus, connect food-insecure popu­lations with excess food, provide various opportunities students participate activi­ties related sustainability. This research brief describes development logic model framework planning FRN chapter at undergraduate university Lehigh Valley, Penn­sylvania, initial outcomes from Weigh Waste events drive. A was developed outline situation, priorities, inputs, outputs, outcomes, assumptions, external factors, evaluation plan. The main outputs include regular meet­ings, social media outreach, collab­oration community-based organizations, address waste, drives resources organizations serving populations. For events, total 529 lbs. (240 296 (134 bev­erage 88 (40 plastic utensil collected 1,555 hall visitors during four meal periods. drive, 1,618 items totaling 548 (249 kg), including toiletries, cleaning supplies, were donated. other universities may find this useful program sustainability student group over time.

Язык: Английский

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