Child and adolescent food insecurity in South Africa: A household-level analysis of hunger

Food insecurity impacts childhood nutritional status, physical and cognitive development, and increases lifetime risk for chronic disease. Previous South African studies have examined hunger at the sub-national level without a specific focus on children and adolescents. This study determines the nat...

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Main Authors: Siluleko Mkhize, Elena Libhaber, Ronel Sewpaul, Priscilla Reddy, Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9797094/?tool=EBI