Identifying the risk factors associated with food insecurity in the UK veteran population: a nationwide survey.

IF 2.4 Q3 NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Journal of Nutritional Science Pub Date : 2024-10-14 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1017/jns.2024.43
Amy Johnson, Giuseppe Serra, Marco Tomietto, Matthew D Kiernan
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Abstract

There has been limited focus placed on exploring food insecurity within the UK-ex-Armed Forces population. The present study aims to build on initial work by investigating the prevalence and associated factors of food insecurity within UK veterans and their families and their current health status. 881 veterans (or a family member) who previously served in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, Army and the Royal Air Force completed an online survey to explore health status, food insecurity and receipt of benefits. In total, 16.9% of survey respondents were part of food-insecure households, with 12% of these also experiencing some element of hunger. Working age, non-officer rank at the time of service discharge, not being married, living in rented accommodation, having at least one medical condition and in receipt of other benefits were significant risk factors associated with food insecurity. Understanding the specific risk factors associated with food insecurity is vital to develop personalised interventions and policies, such as income support programmes and affordable housing initiatives. However, more work is needed to further explore the factors associated with food insecurity, particularly in the long term.

确定英国退伍军人中与粮食不安全相关的风险因素:一项全国性调查。
对英国退伍军人群体中食物不安全问题的研究关注有限。本研究的目的是在前期工作的基础上,调查英国退伍军人及其家人食物不安全的普遍程度和相关因素,以及他们目前的健康状况。881 名曾在英国皇家海军和皇家海军陆战队、陆军和皇家空军服役的退伍军人(或其家庭成员)完成了一项在线调查,以了解他们的健康状况、粮食不安全状况和福利领取情况。总共有 16.9% 的调查对象属于粮食不安全家庭,其中 12% 的人还经历过某种程度的饥饿。工作年龄、退役时的非军官军衔、未婚、租房居住、至少患有一种疾病以及领取其他福利是与粮食不安全相关的重要风险因素。了解与粮食不安全相关的具体风险因素对于制定个性化干预措施和政策(如收入支持计划和经济适用房倡议)至关重要。然而,还需要做更多的工作来进一步探索与粮食不安全相关的因素,特别是长期因素。
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Journal of Nutritional Science
Journal of Nutritional Science NUTRITION & DIETETICS-
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3.00
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91
审稿时长
7 weeks
期刊介绍: Journal of Nutritional Science is an international, peer-reviewed, online only, open access journal that welcomes high-quality research articles in all aspects of nutrition. The underlying aim of all work should be, as far as possible, to develop nutritional concepts. JNS encompasses the full spectrum of nutritional science including public health nutrition, epidemiology, dietary surveys, nutritional requirements, metabolic studies, body composition, energetics, appetite, obesity, ageing, endocrinology, immunology, neuroscience, microbiology, genetics, molecular and cellular biology and nutrigenomics. JNS welcomes Primary Research Papers, Brief Reports, Review Articles, Systematic Reviews, Workshop Reports, Letters to the Editor and Obituaries.
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