BMC pregnancy and childbirth - 'screening and management of food insecurity in pregnancy'

Kingsley Emwinyore Agho; Paige van der Pligt

doi:10.1186/s12884-023-06062-x

BMC pregnancy and childbirth - 'screening and management of food insecurity in pregnancy'

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Dec 15;23(1):862. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-06062-x.

Authors

Kingsley Emwinyore Agho^{1

2

3}, Paige van der Pligt^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia. k.agho@westernsydney.edu.au.
² Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia. k.agho@westernsydney.edu.au.
³ African Vision Research Institute (AVRI), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, 3629, South Africa. k.agho@westernsydney.edu.au.
⁴ Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, 3220, Australia.
⁵ Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Western Health, Footscray, Australia.

Abstract

Addressing food insecurity during pregnancy is a major public health problem that demands guided interventions and translational research in public health. In this Editorial, we provide the context and invite contributions for our BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Collection on Screening and management of food insecurity in pregnancy.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Female
Food Insecurity*
Food Supply*
Humans
Pregnancy