food insecurity

Spanish translation: inseguridad alimentaria

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00:54 Aug 17, 2020
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Social Sciences - Nutrition
Additional field(s): Food & Drink, Government / Politics, Nutrition, Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: food insecurity
Definition from Cambridge Blog:
The state of not being able to afford to buy enough food to stay healthy.

Example sentence(s):
  • Racial and ethnic disparities exist related to food insecurity. In 2016, black non-Hispanic households were nearly 2 times more likely to be food insecure than the national average (22.5% versus 12.3%, respectively). Among Hispanic households, the prevalence of food insecurity was 18.5% compared to the national average (12.3%) Healthy People
  • The Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations provides a common measure of food insecurity that can be used to track and study food insecurity around the world. USDA ERS
  • Keep in mind that low body weight isn’t necessarily a tell-tale sign, as food insecurity is often linked to obesity. Inter-Mountain Healthcare
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Spanish translation:inseguridad alimentaria
Definition:
Seguridad Alimentaria: a nivel de individuo, hogar, nación y global, se consigue cuando todas las personas en todo momento tienen acceso físico y económico a suficiente alimento, seguro y nutritivo, para satisfacer sus necesidades alimenticias y sus preferencias, con el objeto de llevar una vida activa y sana.
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Claudia Botero
Colombia
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inseguridad alimentaria


Definition from FAO:
Seguridad Alimentaria: a nivel de individuo, hogar, nación y global, se consigue cuando todas las personas en todo momento tienen acceso físico y económico a suficiente alimento, seguro y nutritivo, para satisfacer sus necesidades alimenticias y sus preferencias, con el objeto de llevar una vida activa y sana.

Example sentence(s):
  • Lamentablemente existen millones de personas en el mundo que sufren de inseguridad alimentaria. - Unitedexplanations  
  • En la Declaraciónde la Cumbre Mundial sobre Seguridad Alimentaria, desarrollada en Roma en 2009, se acordó una definición que plantea que “existe seguridad alimentaria cuando todas las personas tienen en todo momento acceso físico, social y económico a suficientes alimentos inocuos y nutritivos para satisfacer sus necesidades alimenticias y sus preferencias en cuanto a los alimentos a fin de llevar una vida activa y sana” (FAO, 2009). - Pressenza  
  • Se caracterizan por crisis duraderas o recurrentes y por una capacidad a menudo limitada o reducida para responder a ellas, lo que agrava los problemas relativos a la inseguridad alimentaria en estos países. - Deredho a a almentación  

Explanation:
Opino igual, ese es el térmno.
Claudia Botero
Colombia
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Yes  Leda Roche
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Yes  Carla Veniani: Sí, ese es el término correcto y el que se puede encontrar en todas las fuentes confiables.
26 days

Yes  Juan Pablo Marina
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