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Food Insecurity and Public Health (Paperback)
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Food Insecurity and Public Health (Paperback)
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Affecting more than 800 million people, food insecurity is a global
problem that runs deeper than hunger and undernutrition. In
addition to the obvious impact on physical well-being, food
insecurity can result in risky coping strategies, increased
expenditures on medical costs or transportation, and mental health
issues. A review of the concepts and impacts of food insecurity
through the lens of public health, Food Insecurity and Public
Health details the complex issue of food insecurity and explores
its reach beyond economics and agronomics. The book guides you
through the fundamentals, beginning with theory, and the challenges
in measuring it, and moving on to the impact of food insecurity on
health. The book details the implications of food insecurity on
public health practice, including epidemiology and outcomes of
diseases such as HIV, TB, and non-communicable diseases, and the
specific impact on women's health. It closes with case studies from
the Navajo Nation, Kenya, and Southern Africa, offering the
opportunity to learn from real-life successes and challenges. Each
chapter also considers programs or interventions that have been
used to attempt to address the issue, including a discussion of the
US federal food stamps program. In truth, however, there continues
to be a dearth of data on the ways in which programs can
effectively address the problem of food insecurity at the
household, community, or district level in either the short or long
term-beyond, of course, the elimination of poverty, which is no
doubt a root cause of the problem. The book gives you context for
considering the links between food insecurity and health, and a
framework for seeking integrated solutions to both problems.
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