extended abstract 1. introduction human as the main component of society and economy had a requirement that food security and healthy food nutrition was initially and major. food insecurity and hungry can be affect on human health in the first stage, and social and psychological consequences in addition. food security is a complex condition that its dimensions were availability, access, utiliza...

INTRODUCTION Food security remains to be one of the world's biggest problems and is found to be related to HIV/AIDS. The objective was to examine food insecurity in HIV/AIDS patients from Brasilia, Brazil. METHODS Short version of the Food Security Scale was applied to patients with HIV/AIDS. RESULTS A total of 103 patients participated (65 HIV+ and 38 with AIDS). Food insecurity was found ...

Research regarding the threat of registered sex offenders has highlighted their reentry into society and the threat they pose to vulnerable populations such as the children in society. However, the research regarding the presence of registered sex offenders on the Internet is focused mainly on societal fears and incidents of unwanted sexual solicitation of youth. Currently, Internet users are u...

Food and housing insecurity may contribute to poorer mental and physical health. It is unclear as to whether those with prior military service, compared to those without, are more vulnerable to these current stressors. The objective of this study was to use U.S. population-based data to determine whether prior military service moderates the association of food and housing insecurity with poor m...

Recently, General Motors announced the slashing of 30,000 jobs in North America. The move will incur savings to the ailing carmaker of $7 billion a year (1). In 2004, Daimler-Chrysler agreed to a pay-freeze in exchange for job security in Germany. This year, the company announced it will lay off 8,500 workers in the very heartland of Mercedes-Benz around Stuttgart. Two days after the announceme...

BACKGROUND Household food insecurity, a measure of income-related problems of food access, is growing in Canada and is tightly linked to poorer health status. We examined the association between household food insecurity status and annual health care costs. METHODS We obtained data for 67 033 people aged 18-64 years in Ontario who participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey in 2005, ...

POSITION STATEMENT It is the position of Dietitians of Canada that household food insecurity is a serious public health issue with profound effects on physical and mental health and social well-being. All households in Canada must have sufficient income for secure access to nutritious food after paying for other basic necessities. Given the alarming prevalence, severity and impact of household ...

this study was carried out to evaluate the ekiti state social security scheme (essss) in nigeria. specifically, the study estimated the food security status of the beneficiaries and non beneficiaries of the scheme, assessed the effect of the social security scheme on households’ food security status, and identified the constraints to the implementation of the scheme in the state. a three stage ...