Food insecurity status and its contributing factors in slums' dwellers of southwest Iran, 2021: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Hassan Joulaei (Author), Parisa Keshani (Author), Zohre Foroozanfar (Author), Sima Afrashteh (Author), Zahra Hosseinkhani (Author), Mohammad Ali Mohsenpour (Author), Ghasem Moghimi (Author), Arash Homayouni Meymandi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background One major factor causing food insecurity is believed to be poverty. Approximately 20 million Iranians live in slums with a vulnerable socioeconomic context. The outbreak of COVID-19, on top of the economic sanctions against Iran, has increased this vulnerability and made its inha...