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. 2026 May 20;14(10):1396. doi: 10.3390/healthcare14101396
BMI Body Mass Index
EBIA Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale
BHST Brief Hunger Screening Tool
CCHS Canadian Community Health Survey
DeCS Descriptors in Health Sciences
FNI Food and nutritional insecurity
FI Food insecurity
FIES Food Insecurity Experience Scale
FD Functional Difficulties
GSFES Gijón Social–Family Evaluation Scale
HRS Health and Retirement Study
HFSSM Household Food Security Survey Module
JBI Joanna Briggs Institute
ELCSA Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale
MeSH Medical Subject Headings
MNA Mini Nutritional Assessment
MSPSS Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
PCC Population–Concept–Context
PRISMA-ScR Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews
Qol Quality of Life
SAGE Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
UNHS Unmet Needs of Health Services
VBS Venous Blood Study
WHOQoL WHO Quality of Life Scale