The relationship between food security and community health

Subject Areas : Journal of Food Safety and Processing

Bijan Khurshidpour ¹ , khadije maminejad ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Industry, Faculty of Agriculture, Varamin Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Food Science and Industry, Faculty of Agriculture, Varamin Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran

Received: 2021-09-26 Accepted : 2022-03-11 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Food Security, Malnutrition, food, community health,

Abstract :

Among the factors that ensure the health of a society is a healthy nutrition pattern. Food security is the cornerstone of a developed society and the main element of intellectual, mental and physical health of that society. Food insecurity will seriously destroy the social capital reserve of the people included in it, as well as the significance of human and religious norms and values. Food security and the right to access sufficient and healthy food and freedom from hunger and malnutrition are the main axes of development, peace of society and the infrastructure of the future generation of the country. On the other hand, food insecurity and its global consequences are an issue that directly or indirectly affects all the countries of the world, and the physical, mental, psychological, economic and social consequences of this huge problem are affecting hundreds of millions of people. Food insecurity and malnutrition weaken people's ability to develop skills and reduce their productivity, and in the long term, they are gradually deprived of their abilities and cannot play a role in education, production, and economy. Access to sufficient and nutritious food is one of the most important priorities pursued by the international community, and all major government policies are in the framework of food security. Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient and healthy food, so that their food needs and food preferences are met for a healthy and active life.