{"title":"Food Related Taboos and Its Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Gondar Zuria Woreda, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.","authors":"Mequanente Dagnaw, Meera Indracanti, Asif Jan","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2558531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2025.2558531","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Food taboos during pregnancy are common and may have nutritional implications. Understanding these practices is vital for maternal and fetal health. To assess the prevalence and factors associated with food-related taboos among pregnant women in Gondar Zuria Woreda, Northern Ethiopia, 2024. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 pregnant women attending antenatal care services. Data were collected using structured interviews and analyzed with STATA 17. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regressions identified significant factors (p<0.05). Food taboos were reported by 36.97% (95% CI: 34.32-44.52%) of participants. Commonly avoided foods included milk, eggs, fatty meat, and honey. Significant predictors were age 18-24 years (AOR=1.36), income 1501-5000 Birr (AOR=2.27), first trimester (AOR=1.48), and multiparity (AOR=3.28). Food taboos remain prevalent among pregnant women. Younger age, moderate income, early gestation, and multiple pregnancies were associated with higher practice of food taboos.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145063315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hot and Cold in the Kitchen: Classification of Plant Foods in a Rural Community of Oaxaca, México.","authors":"Karina Yaredi García-Hernández, Esther Katz, Patricia Colunga-GarcíaMarín, Heike Vibrans","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2538887","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2538887","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Mesoamerican folk classification of foods into \"hot\" and \"cold\" is influential in daily food preparation; however, quantitative, comparative data are lacking. This study investigated the classification patterns and consensus of unprocessed edible plant products in a village in Oaxaca, Mexico. Quantitative information on the classification of 58 foods was collected through a survey of 21 randomly selected female family cooks. Classifications were mostly consistent; we identified patterns that were similar to other parts of Mesoamerica. Quantitative studies are necessary for a deeper understanding of the system's influence on the daily diet, food preparation and gastronomy of the region.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"289-309"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144728691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Association Between Food Insecurity and Quality of Life Among Women Living in Urban Slums.","authors":"Sakineh Nouri Saeidlou, Parvin Ayremlou, Fatemeh Maleki Sedgi, Samira Bazargani","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2533304","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2533304","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given that food security is considered a key indicator of individual and household health, it can lead to physical and mental health problems that affect the quality of life (QOL). Therefore, this study aimed to determinate the relationship between food insecurity and QOL in women living in the slums. This cross-sectional survey was conducted on 380 healthy women. The participants were selected randomly using cluster sampling from 20 health centers in the slums of Urmia city. Food security was assessed using a 9-item questionnaire, and QOL was measured using the standard SF-36 questionnaire. One-way ANOVA was used to compare QOL scores across food security subgroups, and multinomial logistic regression was applied to analyze the relationship between food security and QOL scores. The total and the subdomains of QOL scores were significantly lower in food-insecure groups than food-secure group (<i>p</i> < .001). There was a significant inverse relationship between food insecurity and all domains and the total score of QOL. The ORs of total score of QOL were for mild food insecure (OR: 0.96; 95% CI: 0.94-0.98), moderate food insecure (OR: 0.95; 95% CI: 0.94-0.97) and severe food insecure (OR: 0.94; 95% CI: 0.92-0.95) (<i>p</i> < .001).</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"272-288"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144667401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
João Carlos Valdivino Pereira, Diogo Thimoteo da Cunha, Luis Gustavo Saboia Ponte
{"title":"Navigating Food Choices in Unequal Realities: A Comparative Study Across São Paulo, Brazil.","authors":"João Carlos Valdivino Pereira, Diogo Thimoteo da Cunha, Luis Gustavo Saboia Ponte","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2530931","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2530931","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The determinants of food choice represent a set of factors that influence dietary decisions, justifying this act from a multidisciplinary perspective. Understanding these determinants appears to be a promising approach for implementing effective public policies aimed at behavioral changes and the adoption of healthy habits. This study aims to analyze the influence of socioeconomic inequality on individuals' food choices. A cross-sectional study with a sample of 136 adults from different regions of the city of São Paulo, divided into of low (LNSE) and high socioeconomic status (HNSE). Food choice motives were assessed using the Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ). The LNSE group showed significantly higher averages for price, sensory appeal, and mood, while ethical concern and natural content were more relevant for the HNSE group. The results suggest significant differences in food choice motives between socioeconomically disparate groups, highlighting the need for policymakers and nutritionists to consider motivational individualities as guiding principles for their practices and decision-making processes to reduce health inequities.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"256-271"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144648849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Food, Inequality, and Identity: Global Perspectives on Nutrition, Culture, and Health.","authors":"Sunil K Khanna, Bonnie R Marquez","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2553252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2025.2553252","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"64 5","pages":"253-255"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144946973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Between Two Worlds: Challenges Measuring Food Insecurity with a Standardized Scale in a Multiethnic Peri-Urban Indigenous Community in the Brazilian Amazon.","authors":"Harold M Wright, Barbara A Piperata","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2539524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2025.2539524","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Globally, household food security is commonly measured using standardized instruments emphasizing food access. Many such instruments, including the one used in Brazil (E<i>scala Brasileira de Insegurança Alimentar</i> - EBIA), are derived from the US Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM). However, the use of such instruments among non-Western populations has been questioned. Our goal was to understand how Indigenous residents of <i>Parque das Tribos</i>, a multiethnic community in Manaus, Brazil, perceived the EBIA's ability to capture their food security experiences. To achieve this, we conducted focus group discussions (FGDs). Results indicate frustration with the instrument's language which impeded understanding and generated feelings of inadequacy and distrust. Participants indicated the EBIA did not adequately capture their challenges accessing food and, thus, miscalculated community food insecurity. These findings support previous research arguing for adapting standardized food security instruments to local contexts while preserving the ability to compare findings across settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144728690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Unifying Role of Food for Forced Migrants' Entrepreneurial Activities and Their Settlement in London.","authors":"Thi-Diem-Tu Tran, Carole Murphy","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2505887","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2505887","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This qualitative study investigates an understudied area within the context of the role of food in migrant settlement, focusing on forced migrants'<sup>1</sup> adaptation to the London urban food industry through engagement in cookery classes, targeted to support migrant/refugee communities in their entrepreneurship journeys. Through analysis of interviews with 10 migrants and ethnographic observations of 7 cookery classes, this research examines how professional cooking and being part of a food network can be catalysts for entrepreneurial activities and provide pathways to independence. The findings reveal that migrants' work experience in cookery classes and training enable them to develop strong leadership skills and exercise micro-power practices challenging negative stereotypes such as migrants-as-vulnerable. This research contributes to the literature by enhancing understanding of a unique power dynamic in the context of food organizations and training programs that empower forced migrants in their entrepreneurial journey in the London food community.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"213-233"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144109864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socioeconomic and Demographic Determinants of Undernutrition Among Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) Mother and Their Under-Five Children in Odisha, India.","authors":"Dillip Kumar Barik, Binoy Kumar Kuiti, Subhendu Kumar Acharya, Kanhu Charan Satapathy, Prasanna Kumar Patra","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2513272","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2513272","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Maternal and child undernutrition among the tribal population are the major health concerns. The study assessed maternal and child undernutrition and their interrelationship with sociodemographic factors. This study involves a total of 215 pairs of mothers and their under-five children. The prevalence of maternal undernutrition was 49.3%, and child malnutrition in the form of wasting, stunting, and underweight was reported at 28.4%, 33%, and 31.2%, respectively. The findings highlight a significant (<i>p</i> < .05) association between the maternal and child nutritional status with socio-demographic factors, such as maternal education, household economic status, and maternal occupation patterns, that are emerging as key determinants.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"234-251"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144215278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anthropometric Evaluation of Body Frame Size, Body Composition, and Somatotype of Adult Non-Elite Weightlifters and Taekwondo Athletes in Merida, Mexico.","authors":"Alvin Ricardo Acosta Magaña, Sudip Datta Banik","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2502622","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2502622","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Objective of the present study is to evaluate and compare body frame size, body proportion, fatness, and somatotype of young adult non-elite weightlifters (WL) and taekwondo athletes (TKDA) in Merida, Mexico. Participants were 20- to 25-year-old WL (25 males, 21 females) and TKDA (43 males, 41 females). Anthropometric measurements were recorded, and somatotypes were calculated. Significant sex differences of the mean values of anthropometric characteristics were observed. BMI and body fat were higher among females. Somatotypes were endomorphic mesomorph among males; mesomorph endomorph and mesomorphic endomorph among females. Somatotype was a better indicator than BMI to distinguish between relative body fat and muscularity.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"187-212"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143974609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Food, Nutrition, and Identity Across Diverse Populations.","authors":"Sunil K Khanna","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2527508","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2527508","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"185-186"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144552605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}