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 veget

SUBMITTER: Johnson CM 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature