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The concept of ‘food security’, introduced at the World Food Summit in 1996, refers to the physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food, at all times, to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
Food security (FS) is a powerful social determinant of health (SDOH) and is crucial for human and planetary health. The objectives of this article are to (i) provide clarity on the definitions of FS and nutrition security; (ii) provide a framework ...
Based on the 1996 World Food Summit, food security is defined when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
Food security refers to the state in which all individuals have consistent access to enough safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs, ensuring an active and healthy life. It encompasses aspects such as food availability, access, utilization, and the stability of food supply.
Food security is a situation where all individuals have continuous access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and preferences, ensuring an active and healthy life. It encompasses four pillars: availability, access, utilization, and stability.
The definition of food security included each dimension of food security: (i) availability; (ii) access (economic, social and physical); (iii) utilisation (access to household equipment, food literacy, time, water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH)) and (iv) stability.
2 lut 2016 · Food security is commonly defined as the physical, social and economic ability to access sufficient, safe and nutritious food. 5, 6 The four pillars of food security that are intrinsic to this definition are availability of food, stability of the food supply, access to adequate food and utilisation of food (Table 1). While not always explicit ...
