{"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":"https://doi.org/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":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","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":"https://doi.org/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":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","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, Nutrition, and Identity Across Diverse Populations.","authors":"Sunil K Khanna","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2527508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2025.2527508","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","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}
{"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":"https://doi.org/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":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","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":"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":"https://doi.org/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":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","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":"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":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","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":"Prevalence and Correlates of Anthropometric Failure Among Children Aged 0-23 Months in India: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey (2019-2021).","authors":"Jyoti Sharma, Shivam Pandey, Mrunali Zode","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2490532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2025.2490532","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study assesses the burden of anthropometric failure in Indian children aged 0-23 months using the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF). It additionally explores socio-economic, maternal, and child-specific determinants. Analyzing NFHS-5 (2019-2021) data, results show that 48% (95% CI: 47.6%, 48.3%) of children face at least one form of anthropometric failure, with stunting being the most prevalent. Children with low birth weight (AOR: 1.67, 95% CI: 1.60, 1.74), those born to undernourished mothers (AOR: 1.41, 95% CI: 1.36, 1.47), children from lower wealth quintiles (AOR: 1.76, 95% CI: 1.64, 1.88), and those who reportedly lack a minimum acceptable diet (AOR: 1.10, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.22) exhibited a higher prevalence of anthropometric failure. Addressing undernutrition necessitates multifaceted interventions targeting these determinants to improve child nutrition outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":"64 3","pages":"171-184"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143987301","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}
Patricia J Kiprono, Hussein T Wario, Waliou Amoussa Hounkpatin, Brigitte A Kaufmann
{"title":"Food Environment Lens: Exploring Mothers' Perspectives and the Dietary Landscape of (Agro)-Pastoral Children in Kenya's Drylands.","authors":"Patricia J Kiprono, Hussein T Wario, Waliou Amoussa Hounkpatin, Brigitte A Kaufmann","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2484536","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2484536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study compared the dietary diversity and food variety scores of children under 5 years of age from different ethnic groups in Marsabit County, Northern Kenya. Mothers' explanations for their children's food choices related to characteristics of their personal food environment, such as accessibility, affordability, convenience, healthiness and food acceptance. Their reasons for choosing or not choosing certain foods differed markedly between the Saku highlands and Laisamis lowlands. This highlights the importance of contextual factors in determining their practices. Such knowledge is essential when designing interventions to improve sustainable and healthy diets, so that they are truly applicable by the targeted communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"122-148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143810787","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":"Prevalence of Stunting Among Scheduled Tribe Children Aged 6-10 Years in Reasi District of Jammu & Kashmir, India.","authors":"Om Raj Katoch, Ashraf Nawaz","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2490530","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2490530","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence, determinants, and patterns of malnutrition, specifically stunting, among Scheduled Tribe (ST) children aged 6-10 years in Reasi district of Jammu & Kashmir, India.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study of 200 ST children in Reasi district assessed nutritional status via anthropometry, socio-economic data, and HAZ scores. Independent t-tests and chi-square tests analyzed growth standards and socioeconomic links. SPSS 2024 provided descriptive statistics and prevalence across age and gender.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study reveals high stunting rates among ST children, affecting both genders. Height and weight fall below WHO and ICMR standards. Key determinants include economic status, family income, sanitation, head of family and employment nature.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings highlight the urgent need for targeted, multi-sectoral interventions addressing malnutrition among ST children in Reasi. Collaborative efforts by governments, NGOs, and communities in healthcare, education, and food security are crucial to effectively tackle the issue.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"149-170"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143802687","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":"Timing of Complementary Feeding and Infant Growth Trajectories in Prospective Cohort Studies: A Systematized Review and Analysis of Socioecological Variation.","authors":"Melanie A Martin, Delaney J Glass","doi":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2480084","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03670244.2025.2480084","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Complementary feeding (CF) before 6 months of age is associated with both infant growth faltering and rapid growth. This disparity may reflect reverse causality and local norms. We conducted a systematized review of prospective studies examining infant growth and CF. We examined the potential for reverse causality and socioecological factors that appeared to influence feeding and growth outcomes. In 22 studies that met inclusion criteria, growth trajectories following earlier CF largely tracked prior growth. Earlier CF was generally associated with slower growth in lower resource populations, and more rapid growth in higher resource contexts. Local norms and caregivers' perceptions of growth were often discussed as factors impacting feeding decisions, but were not explicitly modeled. Future research may benefit from bioethnographic approaches that integrate contextual understanding of local dynamics to more comprehensively examine interactions between growth trajectories, caregiver perceptions, local norms, and health risks that influence CF timing and growth outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11511,"journal":{"name":"Ecology of Food and Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"93-121"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143691582","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}