Food insecurity and health in the first 1,001 days

前 1,001 天的粮食不安全与健康

• 批准号: ES/Y007905/1
• 负责人: Zoe Chantal Annick Bell
• 金额: $ 16.95万
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FY007905%2F1
• 关键词: Food; insecurity; health; first; 001

Food insecurity (FI) is a complex social issue affecting the most vulnerable in our population. It is when an individual struggles to afford or access enough food. In the UK, 1 in 4 UK households with children are affected, and almost 1 in 2 if households are affected if they have 3 or more children or individuals from minoritised ethnic groups or individuals with disabilities. This means they have skipped meals, have not eaten when hungry, or have not eaten for one full day. FI can affect the type and amount of food they eat, and their physical and mental health. FI is expected to increase in the UK due to the current cost-of-living crisis. Experiences of FI may be unevenly distributed within households, with women more affected than men. Women tend to be food managers, carry the mental health burden from juggling food budgets to access sufficient healthy food, and often skip food to ensure others in their household are fed. This is a concern as women have complex nutritional requirements due to their menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and breastfeeding. During pregnancy, the food women eat is important for both their own and their baby's health. For example, some vitamins and minerals are essential for the baby's development. However, research from the USA shows these needs are rarely met when women are FI, which increases the risks to the pregnant woman (such as developing depression) and to the baby (such as being born too early). Thus, FI can have lifelong effects for the health of women and their children. It also increases the costs to maternity services, wider health services, and society. Currently, little is known about FI during and after pregnancy in the UK. Research on FI does not include the experiences of pregnant women or women who have recently had a baby, despite recognition that giving every child the best start in life is crucial to reducing health inequalities. This fellowship aims to explore FI and health of women during and after pregnancy, specifically in the first 1,001 days of life. The fellowship will include the following objectives:(1) To undertake a placement with Lambeth Council to strengthen knowledge-exchange between researchers and policymakers, help me access FI women and increase the impact of this fellowship.(2) To contribute to the limited evidence on FI by publishing three papers from my doctoral research. (3) To conduct a study to explore women's experience of FI before and during pregnancy. (4) To run creative workshops with a group of multi-ethnic FI women to co-produce a zine or comic portraying their everyday experiences of FI to share with key stakeholders. (5) To attend and present my doctoral and fellowship research at national conferences in addition to attending training courses to build my scientific research skills.(6) To develop a larger programme of work which will identify FI in women during and after pregnancy and create a pathway to support women and mitigate the impact of FI.This fellowship will allow me to conduct a new piece of research on FI in women during and after pregnancy while allowing me to develop build on my research skills to help me become a future leader in women's health.

粮食不安全（FI）是一个复杂的社会问题，影响了我们人口中最脆弱的社会问题。那是一个人努力负担或获得足够的食物的时候。在英国，有四分之一的英国有孩子的家庭受到影响，如果家庭有3个或更多的儿童或个人来自少数族裔或残疾人的个人，则几乎有1个。这意味着他们已经跳过了饭菜，饿了，或者一整天都没有吃饭。 FI会影响他们所吃的食物的类型和数量，以及他们的身心健康。由于目前的生活成本危机，预计英国FI将在英国增加。 FI的经历可能在家庭中分布不均匀，女性比男性更受影响。妇女倾向于是食品经理，从杂耍食物预算中承担心理健康负担，以获得足够的健康食品，并经常跳过食物，以确保家里的其他人得到喂养。这是一个问题，因为妇女由于月经周期，妊娠和母乳喂养而有复杂的营养需求。在怀孕期间，食物妇女的饮食对自己和婴儿的健康都很重要。例如，某些维生素和矿物质对于婴儿的发育至关重要。但是，来自美国的研究表明，当女性成为FI时，很少满足这些需求，这会增加孕妇（例如患抑郁症）和婴儿（例如出生时出生时）的风险。因此，FI可能对妇女及其子女的健康产生终生影响。它还增加了产妇服务，更广泛的医疗服务和社会的成本。目前，在英国怀孕期间和怀孕后的FI知之甚少。 FI的研究不包括最近有了婴儿的孕妇或妇女的经历，尽管认识到给每个孩子的生活最佳开始对于减少健康不平等至关重要。该奖学金旨在探索怀孕期间妇女的FI和健康状况，特别是在生命的最初1,001天。奖学金将包括以下目标：（1）与兰贝斯议会（Lambeth Council）进行安置，以加强研究人员和决策者之间的知识交往，帮助我获得FI妇女并增加该奖学金的影响。（2）通过出版我的博士研究中的三篇论文来为有限的FI证据做出贡献。 （3）进行一项研究，以探索妇女在怀孕前后的FI经验。 （4）与一群多种族的FI女性一起举办创意研讨会，以共同制作杂志或漫画，描绘他们的日常经验，以与主要利益相关者分享。 (5) To attend and present my doctoral and fellowship research at national conferences in addition to attending training courses to build my scientific research skills.(6) To develop a larger programme of work which will identify FI in women during and after pregnancy and create a pathway to support women and mitigate the impact of FI.This fellowship will allow me to conduct a new piece of research on FI in women during and after pregnancy while allowing me to develop build on my research skills to help me become a妇女健康的未来领导者。