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Association between food insecurity and key metabolic risk factors for diet-sensitive non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between food insecurity and chronic noncommunicable diseases in Brazil: a systematic review.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of Health and Social Factors on the Cardiometabolic Risk in People with Food Insecurity: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Magnitude of NCD Risk Factors in Ethiopia: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Food Insecurity and Health Outcomes Other than Malnutrition in Southern Africa: A Descriptive Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Clarifying the Association Between Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease: Why Methods Matter.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Evaluating the role of youth-onset diabetes mellitus in the context of food insecurity and preventive care: a repeated cross-sectional study using propensity score weighted machine learning analysis.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- MASLD prevalence, incidence and global aspects.Diabetologia · 2026Review
- A Review of Global Patterns in Gut Microbiota Composition, Health and Disease: Locating South Africa in the Conversation.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Ability to predict irregular periods of food depriviation improves body-weight regulation and reduces weight gain in food-insecure starlings.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
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- Evaluation of intervention systematic reviews on chronic non-communicable diseases and lifestyle risk factors in low-middle income countries: meta-research.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Article
- Long-term effect of food insecurity on body weight gain and metabolic risk in a context of high socioeconomic vulnerability in a medium-income country: the SANCuité cohort, Brazil, 2011-2022.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The relationship between food insecurity, purchasing patterns and perceptions of the food environment in urban slums in Ibadan, Nigeria.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Adipose Tissue Dysfunction Related to Climate Change and Air Pollution: Understanding the Metabolic Consequences.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Food insecurity is associated with metabolic syndrome among US adults: NHANES 2005-2016.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Outcomes of a homestead food production program on nutritional knowledge, dietary diversity, food security and empowerment of rural women in Tehran province, Iran.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association between Food Insecurity, Socioeconomic Status of the Household Head, and Hypertension and Diabetes in Maputo City.Annals of global health · 2024Article
- Processed food consumption and risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in South Africa: evidence from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) VII.Journal of nutritional science · 2024Article
- Food insecurity, COVID-19 and diets in Fiji - a cross-sectional survey of over 500 adults.Globalization and health · 2023Article
- Dietary patterns and associations with metabolic risk factors for non-communicable disease.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
In previous studies, food insecurity has been hypothesised to promote the prevalence of metabolic risk factors on the causal pathway to diet-sensitive non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the associations between food insecurity and key metabolic risk factors on the causal pathway to diet-sensitive NCDs and estimate the prevalence of key metabolic risk factors among the food-insecure patients in sub-Saharan Africa. This study was guided by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) guidelines for undertaking systematic reviews in healthcare. The following databases were searched for relevant literature: PubMed, EBSCOhost (CINAHL with full text, Health Source - Nursing, MedLine). Epidemiological studies published between January 2015 and June 2019, assessing the associations between food insecurity and metabolic risk outcomes in sub-Saharan African populations, were selected for inclusion. Meta-analysis was performed with DerSimonian-Laird's random-effect model at 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The I
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