Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition, Omaha, NE.
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
Transl Behav Med. 2020 Dec 31;10(6):1249-1254. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibaa119.
This article introduces a special issue in Translational Behavioral Medicine that focuses on translational aspects of food insecurity research. The purpose of this special issue was to add to the evidence base to inform short- and intermediate-term intervention development and implementation and to spark additional future discourse around these important topics. The special issue included 12 articles and 2 commentaries roughly evenly split across four topic areas, including subpopulation food insecurity risk factors; food behaviors and psychosocial variables; implementation and/or evaluation of food insecurity interventions; and food insecurity-related measurement issues. The articles in this special issue offer a number of contributions to the translational literature specific to food insecurity. They add to our understanding that depression, stress, and social isolation (sometimes related to language barriers) may play a large role in individuals' food insecurity experience. The articles explored the differences between food insecure and food secure households in relation to food and grocery shopping behaviors, and nutritional self-efficacy. In addition, authors described the implementation and/or efficacy of interventions meant to promote healthful diets and food access among food insecure populations. And finally, several studies explored current measurement issues such as intra-household subjectivity, disconnect between perceived and objective measures of food access, and a need for more holistic and nutrition-focused measurement approaches. While there are deeper systemic factors driving food insecurity, the findings provided in this special issue can help guide those addressing the current challenges faced by food insecure households that struggle to achieve healthful diets.
本文介绍了《转化行为医学》特刊的重点，是关于食品不安全研究的转化方面。本特刊的目的是增加证据基础，以告知短期和中期干预的制定和实施，并围绕这些重要主题引发更多的未来讨论。该特刊共包含 12 篇文章和 2 篇评论，大致平均分布在四个主题领域，包括亚人群食品不安全风险因素；食品行为和心理社会变量；食品不安全干预的实施和/或评估；以及与食品不安全相关的测量问题。本特刊中的文章为食品不安全的转化文献提供了一些具体的贡献。它们使我们更加理解，抑郁、压力和社会隔离（有时与语言障碍有关）可能在个人的食品不安全经历中起着重要作用。这些文章探讨了在食品和杂货店购物行为以及营养自我效能方面，食品不安全家庭和食品安全家庭之间的差异。此外，作者还描述了旨在促进食品不安全人群健康饮食和获得食物的干预措施的实施和/或效果。最后，有几项研究探讨了当前的测量问题，如家庭内的主观性、感知到的和客观的食物获取之间的脱节，以及需要更全面和以营养为重点的测量方法。虽然有更深层次的系统性因素导致食品不安全，但本特刊中的研究结果可以帮助指导那些解决当前面临的食品不安全家庭面临的挑战，这些家庭努力实现健康饮食。
