Food insecurity can be characterized by uncertain or limited access to nutritionally adequate food, which can have severe consequences for a person's health and quality of life. The COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the measures adopted to prevent its spread (such as social isolation, closure of schools and businesses, travel restrictions and blockages, and loss of employment and income), were responsible for the increase in the prevalence and severity of food insecurity throughout the world. The pandemic has had direct and indirect impacts on global health and economy, the pattern of consumption, and the way food is produced and distributed. The severity of these impacts varied substantially between countries, with a greater critical impact in places that did not adopt effective public health policies which supported and protected the population, especially those most vulnerable. In this perspective, it is imperative to understand the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security concerning health outcomes, economic, social, environmental, and food supply problems, as well as public health policies.
This Research Topic aims to publish original, high-quality scientific research relevant for the world to understand the repercussions of COVID-19 on food insecurity. This collection aims to gather articles that will support the implementation of new public health policies to combat food insecurity that worsened after the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Research Topic is open to receiving submissions of high-quality original research, opinions, mini reviews, brief research reports, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, perspectives, and policy briefs. Comparisons of the food security situation before, during, or after the COVID-19 pandemic. Articles on the following topics are part of the scope of this Research Topic:
- Negative consequences of COVID-19 on food security in the short and long term in the context of the health and food consumption of populations (including economic, social, political, agricultural, and environmental consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security);
- COVID-19 pandemic impact on agriculture, supply chain, and food production and its implications for food security;
- Food insecurity and health outcomes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Public health policies and food security in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Food insecurity can be characterized by uncertain or limited access to nutritionally adequate food, which can have severe consequences for a person's health and quality of life. The COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the measures adopted to prevent its spread (such as social isolation, closure of schools and businesses, travel restrictions and blockages, and loss of employment and income), were responsible for the increase in the prevalence and severity of food insecurity throughout the world. The pandemic has had direct and indirect impacts on global health and economy, the pattern of consumption, and the way food is produced and distributed. The severity of these impacts varied substantially between countries, with a greater critical impact in places that did not adopt effective public health policies which supported and protected the population, especially those most vulnerable. In this perspective, it is imperative to understand the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security concerning health outcomes, economic, social, environmental, and food supply problems, as well as public health policies.
This Research Topic aims to publish original, high-quality scientific research relevant for the world to understand the repercussions of COVID-19 on food insecurity. This collection aims to gather articles that will support the implementation of new public health policies to combat food insecurity that worsened after the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Research Topic is open to receiving submissions of high-quality original research, opinions, mini reviews, brief research reports, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, perspectives, and policy briefs. Comparisons of the food security situation before, during, or after the COVID-19 pandemic. Articles on the following topics are part of the scope of this Research Topic:
- Negative consequences of COVID-19 on food security in the short and long term in the context of the health and food consumption of populations (including economic, social, political, agricultural, and environmental consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security);
- COVID-19 pandemic impact on agriculture, supply chain, and food production and its implications for food security;
- Food insecurity and health outcomes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Public health policies and food security in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
