| 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 |