Food Insecurity and Its Relationship with Food Intake and Demographic Factors in Pregnant Women in Tehran
Food security is described as physical and economic access for all people at all times to sufficient food for an active and healthy life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with the health status of pregnant women referred to North Teh...
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| description | Food security is described as physical and economic access for all people at all times to sufficient food for an active and healthy life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with the health status of pregnant women referred to North Tehran Health Center. Methods: The current study is a cross-sectional study conducted on 160 pregnant women in the third trimester covered by North Tehran Health Center in 2017-2018. Food security status, and dietary intake were assessed using general demographic and socioeconomic questionnaires, USDA 18-item household food security, and semi-quantitative food frequency recall, respectively. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS and nutritionist IV software. Significance level was set at 0.05. Results: The study showed that 21.8% of mothers suffered insecure nutritional status and 78.2% of them were in safe nutritional status. There was a significant difference (P=0.013) between the two category of food groups (P=0.013). The mean consumption of legumes in people with insecure nutrition status (65.72±42.40 g) was more than nutrition secure group (50.08±29.77 g). Other food items showed no significant difference between the two groups of safe and unsafe nutrition status. In terms of economic status, there was a significant difference between safe and unsafe groups (P=0.001). Conclusion: In this study, food insecurity rate and prevalence of pregnant women was much less than that other studies. Given the role of the economic situation in the ability to purchase and supply food, probably one of the main reasons of more consumption of legumes in insecure groups would be low-income level and lower purchasing power of other food groups, such as meat. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-792cfb10c35b4fb2a2eff350a2d0679b2024-11-09T05:28:54ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health ServicesJournal of Nutrition and Food Security2476-74172476-74252024-11-0194733743Food Insecurity and Its Relationship with Food Intake and Demographic Factors in Pregnant Women in TehranMina Hajihosein0Shahryar Eghtesadi1Ariyo Movahedi2 Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Department of Nutrition, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Nutrition, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Food security is described as physical and economic access for all people at all times to sufficient food for an active and healthy life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with the health status of pregnant women referred to North Tehran Health Center. Methods: The current study is a cross-sectional study conducted on 160 pregnant women in the third trimester covered by North Tehran Health Center in 2017-2018. Food security status, and dietary intake were assessed using general demographic and socioeconomic questionnaires, USDA 18-item household food security, and semi-quantitative food frequency recall, respectively. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS and nutritionist IV software. Significance level was set at 0.05. Results: The study showed that 21.8% of mothers suffered insecure nutritional status and 78.2% of them were in safe nutritional status. There was a significant difference (P=0.013) between the two category of food groups (P=0.013). The mean consumption of legumes in people with insecure nutrition status (65.72±42.40 g) was more than nutrition secure group (50.08±29.77 g). Other food items showed no significant difference between the two groups of safe and unsafe nutrition status. In terms of economic status, there was a significant difference between safe and unsafe groups (P=0.001). Conclusion: In this study, food insecurity rate and prevalence of pregnant women was much less than that other studies. Given the role of the economic situation in the ability to purchase and supply food, probably one of the main reasons of more consumption of legumes in insecure groups would be low-income level and lower purchasing power of other food groups, such as meat.http://jnfs.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-846-en.pdffood securitypregnancynutritional statusnutritional requirementsnutritive value |
| spellingShingle | Mina Hajihosein Shahryar Eghtesadi Ariyo Movahedi Food Insecurity and Its Relationship with Food Intake and Demographic Factors in Pregnant Women in Tehran Journal of Nutrition and Food Security food security pregnancy nutritional status nutritional requirements nutritive value |
| title | Food Insecurity and Its Relationship with Food Intake and Demographic Factors in Pregnant Women in Tehran |
| title_full | Food Insecurity and Its Relationship with Food Intake and Demographic Factors in Pregnant Women in Tehran |
| title_fullStr | Food Insecurity and Its Relationship with Food Intake and Demographic Factors in Pregnant Women in Tehran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food Insecurity and Its Relationship with Food Intake and Demographic Factors in Pregnant Women in Tehran |
| title_short | Food Insecurity and Its Relationship with Food Intake and Demographic Factors in Pregnant Women in Tehran |
| title_sort | food insecurity and its relationship with food intake and demographic factors in pregnant women in tehran |
| topic | food security pregnancy nutritional status nutritional requirements nutritive value |
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