Objective. To validate a version of the Food Security Scale (FSS) in communities located in Sierra de Manantlán, Jalisco. Material and Methods. Using focus groups, the FSS was modified to fit the Mexican context. Subsequently, a survey was applied to women with pre-school aged children. The FSS was validated in correlation with a household food inventory and the dietary variety of the individual being interviewed. The interview also included a socioeconomic questionnaire. Results. Forty-four percent of the households reported mild food insecurity, 33% reported moderate hunger and 19.7% reported severe hunger. Food insecurity was significantly and inversely correlated with the number of food items in the household (r=-0.36**), animal source ...
Measurement of household food insecurity is needed to identify the magnitude of food insecurity and ...
At present the phenomenon of food insecurity is associated with extreme poverty, which identifies pe...
This paper brings the validation process of the Brazilian Scale to measure food insecurity (Ebia), w...
Food security is defined as the situation when all people, at all times, have physical and economic ...
Numerous studies have analyzed the factors that determine food security and explored the problem fro...
Abstract A multi-method assessment on food security in the Monteverde Zone. Our research focused on ...
Objective. To know the differences in food availability according to food insecurity level among the...
Inseguridad alimentaria y suministro de alimentos en hogares rurales de Ecuador. El objetivo de esta...
The concept of food insecurity at the household and individual levels has been an area of extensive ...
Abstract A multi-method assessment on food security in the Monteverde Zone. Our research focused on ...
Objective. To describe three relevant aspects of household food insecurity (FI) in Mexico: its magni...
The aim of this research study was to describe the perceived level of food security in the household...
An interdisciplinary conceptual framework of food security is presented that identifies determinants...
The present study validates the methodology and the information collecting instrument for analysis o...
This thesis is an internal and criterion validation study on the Latin America and Caribbean Food Se...
Measurement of household food insecurity is needed to identify the magnitude of food insecurity and ...
At present the phenomenon of food insecurity is associated with extreme poverty, which identifies pe...
This paper brings the validation process of the Brazilian Scale to measure food insecurity (Ebia), w...
Food security is defined as the situation when all people, at all times, have physical and economic ...
Numerous studies have analyzed the factors that determine food security and explored the problem fro...
Abstract A multi-method assessment on food security in the Monteverde Zone. Our research focused on ...
Objective. To know the differences in food availability according to food insecurity level among the...
Inseguridad alimentaria y suministro de alimentos en hogares rurales de Ecuador. El objetivo de esta...
The concept of food insecurity at the household and individual levels has been an area of extensive ...
Abstract A multi-method assessment on food security in the Monteverde Zone. Our research focused on ...
Objective. To describe three relevant aspects of household food insecurity (FI) in Mexico: its magni...
The aim of this research study was to describe the perceived level of food security in the household...
An interdisciplinary conceptual framework of food security is presented that identifies determinants...
The present study validates the methodology and the information collecting instrument for analysis o...
This thesis is an internal and criterion validation study on the Latin America and Caribbean Food Se...
Measurement of household food insecurity is needed to identify the magnitude of food insecurity and ...
At present the phenomenon of food insecurity is associated with extreme poverty, which identifies pe...
This paper brings the validation process of the Brazilian Scale to measure food insecurity (Ebia), w...