More serious food insecurity was observed in families with lower per capita income and lower maternal education, more family members, and more children per family group in which the children's diet wa

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Segurança alimentar em famílias indígenas Teréna, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil (2007) · doi

  More serious food insecurity was observed in families with lower per capita income and lower maternal education, more family members, and more children per family group in which the children's diet was insufficient, especially in protein and iron.

  Keywords: lower family children serious food insecurity observed families capita income maternal education members group diet
• Relationship Between Food Security Status in a Caregiver's Family of Origin and Current Feeding Practices Among Low-Income, Single, Female Primary Caregivers (2022) · doi

  Previous research has demonstrated an association between a caregiver's current food security status and feeding practices, but no studies have explored the association between food security in the caregiver's childhood and their current feeding practices.

  Keywords: association caregiver current food security feeding practices previous status explored childhood
• Food Insecurity and the Nexus of Co-Occurring Parental Distress and Child Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems (2026) · doi

  Parental psychological distress and children’s internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems could co-occur rather than operate independently, yet it remains unclear whether the likelihood of such co-occurrence varies by levels of food insecurity.

  Keywords: parental psychological distress children internalizing externalizing behavioral problems occur rather operate independently remains unclear whether