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Relationship of food insecurity to women's dietary outcomes: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Food insecurity matters for women's nutrition and health.

Objective

This review sought to comprehensively evaluate how food insecurity relates to a full range of dietary outcomes (food groups, total energy, macronutrients, micronutrients, and overall dietary quality) among adult women living in Canada and the United States.

Data sources

Peer-reviewed databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science) and gray literature sources from 1995 to 2016 were searched.

Data extraction

Observational studies were used to calculate a percentage difference in dietary intake for food-insecure and food-secure groups.

Results

Of the 24 included studies, the majority found food-insecure women had lower food group frequencies (dairy, total fruits and vegetables, total grains, and meats/meat alternatives) and intakes of macro- and micronutrients relative to food-secure women. Methodological quality varied. Among high-quality studies, food insecurity was negatively associated with dairy, fruits and vegetables, grains, meats/meats alternatives, protein, total fat, calcium, iron, magnesium, vitamins A and C, and folate.

Conclusions

Results hold practical relevance for selecting nutritional targets in programs, particularly for nutrient-rich foods with iron and folate, which are more important for women's health.

SUBMITTER: Johnson CM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6240001 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Relationship of food insecurity to women's dietary outcomes: a systematic review.

Johnson Cassandra M CM Sharkey Joseph R JR Lackey Mellanye J MJ Adair Linda S LS Aiello Allison E AE Bowen Sarah K SK Fang Wei W Flax Valerie L VL Ammerman Alice S AS

Nutrition reviews 20181201 12

<h4>Context</h4>Food insecurity matters for women's nutrition and health.<h4>Objective</h4>This review sought to comprehensively evaluate how food insecurity relates to a full range of dietary outcomes (food groups, total energy, macronutrients, micronutrients, and overall dietary quality) among adult women living in Canada and the United States.<h4>Data sources</h4>Peer-reviewed databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science) and gray literature sources from 1995 to 2016 were searche ...[more]

PMID: 30184168

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Project description:BackgroundFood insecurity (FI) occurs when people lack secure access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food. FI has been associated with negative effects on human health, including during the prenatal and neonatal periods. The objective of this study is to evaluate the consequences of FI for pregnant women's and newborns' health.MethodsA literature search was performed with three independent researchers based on the PRISMA guidelines; the search covered the period of November 2008 to July 2019 and was conducted in the following databases: the US National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health (PubMed), Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus and OpenGrey. The terms and descriptors were defined by consulting the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) platforms and mainly included "food security", "food insecurity", "pregnancy" and "newborn". The studies were selected through a title and abstract review and then a reading of the full text. The quality of the studies and the risk of bias were analysed based on the criteria defined in the "Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers' Manual" and by Guyatt and colleagues for interventional studies. The population, study design, FI measurement instruments, FI proportions, outcomes, confounders and results were extracted from the 37 studies that were selected according to the eligibility and quality criteria.ResultsFI proportions ranged from 5.2 to 87%. Most studies were conducted with African populations (42.2%) and applied globally used scales to assess FI (56.7%); 27% of the studies adapted scales. There were wide variations in the instruments used to estimate FI. The main outcomes related to FI included stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy, followed by dietary quality and dietary diversity. Associations of FI with birth defects, neonatal mortality and the early introduction of animal milk to the infant's diet were also observed.ConclusionsIt is necessary to pay attention to the diversity of FI measurement instruments before FI results are compared. FI can be a risk factor for depression and stress during pregnancy, as well as for neonatal mortality, newborn health problems and breastfeeding interruption.Trial registrationThis systematic review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42018109478).

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Relationship of food insecurity to women's dietary outcomes: a systematic review.

Context

Objective

Data sources

Data extraction

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Relationship of food insecurity to women's dietary outcomes: a systematic review.

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