Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Systematic evidence and gap map of research linking food security and nutrition to mental health

  • Thalia M. Sparling,
  • Megan Deeney,
  • Bryan Cheng,
  • Xuerui Han,
  • Chiara Lier,
  • Zhuozhi Lin,
  • Claudia Offner,
  • Marianne V. Santoso,
  • Erin Pfeiffer,
  • Jillian A. Emerson,
  • Florence Mariamu Amadi,
  • Khadija Mitu,
  • Camila Corvalan,
  • Helen Verdeli,
  • Ricardo Araya,
  • Suneetha Kadiyala

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32116-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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There is a broad range of research available on the relationship between food security and mental health. Here the authors carry out a systematic mapping of evidence on food security and nutrition related to mental health and identifies trends in themes, setting, and study design over the 20 year period studied.