Child and adolescent food insecurity in South Africa: A household-level analysis of hunger.

ABSTRACT: Food insecurity impacts childhood nutritional status, physical and cognitive development, and increases lifetime risk for chronic disease. Previous South African studies have examined hunger at the sub-national level without a specific focus on children and adolescents. This study determines the national prevalence of childhood food insecurity, from birth to adolescence, and identifies factors associated with hunger within the household. Individual and household-level data were extracted from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1). Prevalence of food insecurity was assessed using the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP) index. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted on all households (with and without children) t

SUBMITTER: Mkhize S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9797094 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature