The relationship between food insecurity, purchasing patterns and perceptions of the food environment in urban slums in Ibadan, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rapid urbanisation without concomitant infrastructure development has led to the creation of urban slums throughout sub-Saharan Africa. People living in urban slums are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity due to the lack of physical and economic accessibility to food. Hence, it is important to explore how vulnerable groups living in slums interact with the food environment. This study assessed the relationships between food insecurity, including restrictive coping strategies, food purchasing patterns and perceptions about the food environment among dwellers of selected urban slums in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Methods

This community-based cross-sectional study was conducted with people responsible for food procurement from 590 randomly selected households in two urba

SUBMITTER: Ilori T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409710 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature