Conceptual and Operational Definitions of Nutrition Security Across the Socioecological Model in the US: A Scoping Review

With the continual rise in nutrition-related chronic diseases among the United States (US) population, there have been recent calls in the public health nutrition field to shift program and policy priorities beyond food security to a nutrition security-focused lens. Although a definition of nutrition security has been widely applied to international settings, there has been limited research on the development and validation of terminology for nutrition security in the US.
Source: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior - Category: Nutrition Authors: Source Type: research