Relationship of Food Insecurity to Women's Dietary Outcomes: A Systematic Review
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2018-09
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Johnson, Cassandra M.
Sharkey, Joseph R.
Lackey, Mellanye J.
Adair, Linda S.
Aiello, Allison E.
Bowen, Sarah K.
Fang, Wei
Flax, Valerie L.
Ammerman, Alice S.
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Oxford University Press
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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.
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adult, diet records, female, food supply, hunger, nutrition policy, review literature as topic, Family and Consumer Sciences
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Johnson, C. M., Sharkey, J. R., Lackey, M. J., Adair, L. S., Aiello, A. E., Bowen, S. K., Fang, W., Flax, V. L., & Ammerman, A. S. (2018). Relationship of food insecurity to women's dietary outcomes: A systematic review. Nutrition Reviews, 76(12), pp. 910-928.
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