Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Food security"
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Household access to traditional and indigenous foods positively associated with food security and dietary diversity in Botswana
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)Objective To determine access to traditional and indigenous foods (TIF) and the association with household food security, dietary diversity and women’s BMI in low socio-economic households. Design Sequential explanatory ... -
Pressure cooker ownership and food security in Aurangabad, India
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)Objective: To explore associations between household food security and home gardening, use of soya and pressure cooker ownership in low-income households affected by HIV/AIDS in Aurangabad, India. Design: Cross-sectional ... -
Promoting food security through indigenous and traditional food crops
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Despite many factors weighing in South Africa’s favor on the agricultural front, including having official “food secure” status, millions of households have insufficient access to nutritionally safe food. This is largely ... -
Results from South Africa’s 2016 report card on physical activity for children and youth
(Human Kinetics, 2016)Background: We present results of the 2016 Healthy Active Kids South Africa (HAKSA) Report Card on the current status of physical activity (PA) and nutrition in South African youth. The context in which we interpret ... -
Social work and food security: case study on the nutritional capabilities of the landfill waste pickers in South Africa
(Sage, 2018)Food security (or the lack of it) has a direct impact on people’s well-being and is of great concern to many disciplines. The study on which the article is based used Drèze and Sen’s ‘nutritional capability’ concept as a ...