Validity of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and prevalence of food insecurity in The Bahamas

• Main Authors: Allison Karpyn (Author), M Headley (Author), Zeleka Knowles (Author), Erecia Hepburn (Author), Nicole Kennedy (Author), Henry Wolgast (Author), Danielle Riser (Author), Akisha Osei Sarfo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Despite UN recommendations to monitor food insecurity using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), to date there are no published reports of its validity for The Bahamas, nor have prevalence rates of moderate or severe food insecurity been reported for the remote island nation. A...