Food Security and Child Malnutrition The Impact on Health, Growth, and Well-Being

Food security and child malnutrition are at the forefront of our attention, both nationally and internationally. The chapters contained in this compendium include a range of methodologies—literature review, cross-sectional study, longitudinal study, case-control, and even a focus group!—all of which examine this urgent issue, revealing new perspectives and facets of information. The international roster of contributors present a nuanced look at food security and child malnutrition with research into food security measures in many nations around the world. The book is broken into several parts, coveringdefining food securityfood security, nutrition, and growth and developmentfood security and mental and physical healthfood security and child obesityconclusion, with an information study from The Children's Healthwatch on household hardships, public programs, and their associations with the health and development of very young childrenThe range of topics and information presented here will be valuable for those involved with food security advocacy, policymakers, researchers, social service professionals working children and families, and others.

The Food Security Continuum: A Novel Tool for Understanding Food Insecurity as a Range of ExperiencesSheryl L. Hendriks Household Food (In)Security and Nutritional Status of Urban Poor Children Aged 6 to 23 Months in KenyaMaurice Mutisya, Ngianga-bakwinKandala, Moses WaithanjiNgware, and Caroline W. KabiruHousehold Food Access and Child Malnutrition: Results from the Eight-Country MAL-ED StudyStephanie Psaki, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed, Shamsir Ahmed, Pascal Bessong, Munirul Islam, Sushil John, Margaret Kosek, Aldo Lima, CebisaNesamvuni, PrakashShrestha, ErlingSvensen, Monica McGrath, Stephanie Richard, Jessica Seidman, Laura Caulfield, Mark Miller, and William CheckleyFood Insecurity and Linear Growth of Adolescents in Jimma Zone, Southwest EthiopiaTeferaBelachew, David Lindstrom, Craig Hadley, AbebeGebremariam, WondwosenKasahun, and Patrick KolsterenFactors Associated with Stunting Among Children According to the Level of Food Insecurity in the Household: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Rural Community of Southeastern KenyaChisaShinsugi, Masaki Matsumura, Mohamed Karama, Junichi Tanaka, MwatasaChangoma, and Satoshi KanekoBeyond Nutrition: Hunger and Its Impact on the Health of Young CanadiansWilliam Pickett, Valerie Michaelson, and Colleen DavisonFood Insecurity and Children’s Mental Health: A Prospective Birth Cohort StudyMaria Melchior, Jean-François Chastang, Bruno Falissard, CédricGaléra, Richard E. Tremblay, Sylvana M. Côté, and Michel BoivinHousehold Food Insecurity and Childhood Overweight in Jamaica and Québec: A Gender-Based AnalysisLise Dubois, Damion Francis, Daniel Burnier, FabiolaTatone-Tokuda, Manon Girard, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Kristin Fox, and RainfordWilksCommunity Perspectives on Food Insecurity and Obesity: Focus Groups with Caregivers of Métis and Off-Reserve First Nations ChildrenJasminBhawra, Martin J. Cooke, RhonaHanning, PiotrWilk, and Shelley L. H. GonnevilleHousehold Hardships, Public Programs, and Their Associations with the Health and Development of Very Young Children: Insights from Children’s HealthWatchKatherine M. Joyce, Amanda Breen, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, John T. Cook, Kathleen W. Barrett, Grace Paik, Natasha Rishi, Bianca Pullen, Ashley Schiffmiller, and Deborah A. Frank

Areej Hassan, MD, MPH, is an attending in the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency training in Pediatrics at Brown University before her fellowship at BCH. In addition to primary care, Dr.Hassan focuses her clinical interests on reproductive endocrinology and global health. She also maintains an active role in medical education and has particular interest in building and developing innovative teaching tools through open educational resources. She currently teaches, consults, and is involved in pediatric and adolescent curricula development at multiple sites abroad in Central America and Southeast Asia.