Food security and child malnutrition : the impact on health, growth, and well-being / editor, Areej Hassan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hassan, Areej, editor.

CRC Press.

Barton Hirst Lippincott Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Nutrition.

Children.

Food security.

Child Nutrition Disorders.

Food Supply.

Health Status.

Medical Subjects:

Child Nutrition Disorders.

Food Supply.

Health Status.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 267 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Oakville, ON, Canada ; Waretown, NJ, USA : Apple Academic Press, Inc., [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Food security and child malnutrition are at the forefront of our attention, both nationally and internationally. The chapters contained in this compendium include a range of methodologies-literature review, cross-sectional study, longitudinal study, case-control, and even a focus group!-all of which examine this urgent issue, revealing new perspectives and facets of information. The international roster of contributors present a nuanced look at food security and child malnutrition with research into food security measures in many nations around the world. The book is broken into several parts, covering defining food security, food security, nutrition, and growth and development, food security and mental and physical health, food security and child obesity, conclusion, with an information study from The Children's HealthWatch on household hardships, public programs, and their associations with the health and development of very young children The range of topics and information presented here will be valuable for those involved with food security advocacy, policymakers, researchers, social service professionals working children and families, and others. Book jacket.

Contents:

The food security continuum : a novel tool for understanding food insecurity as a range of experiences / Sheryl L. Hendriks

USDA definition of food security in the U.S. / United States Department of Agriculture

Household food (in)security and nutritional status of urban poor children aged 6 to 23 months in Kenya / Maurice Mutisya, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Moses Waithanji Ngware, and Caroline W. Kabiru

Household food access and child malnutrition : results from the eight-country MAL-ED study / Stephanie Psaki, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed, Shamsir Ahmed, Pascal Bessong, Munirul Islam, Sushil John, Margaret Kosek, Aldo Lima, Cebisa Nesamvuni, Prakash Shrestha, Erling Svensen, Monica Mcgrath, Stephanie Richard, Jessica Seidman, Laura Caulfield, Mark Miller, and William Checkley

Food insecurity and linear growth of adolescents in Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia / Tefera Belachew, David Lindstrom, Craig Hadley, Abebe Gebremariam, Wondwosen Kasahun, and Patrick Kolsteren

Factors associated with stunting among children according to the level of food insecurity in the household : a cross-sectional study in a rural community of southeastern Kenya / Chisa Shinsugi, Masaki Matsumura, Mohamed Karama, Junichi Tanaka, Mwatasa Changoma, and Satoshi Kaneko

Beyond nutrition : hunger and its impact on the health of young Canadians / William Pickett, Valerie Michaelson, and Colleen Davison

Food insecurity and children's mental health : a prospective birth cohort study / Maria Melchior, Jean-Francois Chastang, Bruno Falissard, Cedric Galera, Richard E. Tremblay, Sylvana M. Cote, and Michel Boivin

Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Quebec : a gender-based analysis / Lise Dubois, Damion Francis, Daniel Burnier, Fabiola Tatone-Tokuda, Manon Girard, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Kristin Fox, and Rainford Wilks

Community perspectives on food insecurity and obesity : focus groups with caregivers of Metis and off-reserve First Nations children / Jasmin Bhawra, Martin J. Cooke, Rhona Hanning, Piotr Wilk, and Shelley L.H. Gonneville

Household hardships, public programs, and their associations with the health and development of very young children : insights from Children's Health Watch / Katherine M. Joyce, Amanda Breen, Stephanie Ettinger De Cuba, John T. Cook, Kathleen W. Barrett, Grace Paik, Natasha Rishi, Bianca Pullen, Ashley Schiffmiller, and Deborah A. Frank.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, FL Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Barton Hirst Lippincott Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Food security and child malnutrition.

ISBN:

9781315365749

131536574X

Publisher Number:

99973095961

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.