Table 2.
Overview of Grey Literature in food insecurity studies, theses, reports, conferences and newsletters.
| Type of Document | Author/s | Title (Year) | Type of FI Indicator | Country | Households/Individuals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thesis | Shankar-Krishnan, N. [81] | Food insecurity in Spanish adolescents: Assessment and associations with psychological wellbeing, body image and disordered eating. (2019) | 9-item USDA Spanish Child Food Security Survey Module (CFSSM) | Spain | Adolescent-children |
| Thesis | Borowko, W [83] | Food insecurity among working-age Canadians with disabilities. (2008) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Adults |
| Thesis | Subnath, M [84] | Indigenous Food Insecurity in Canada: An Analysis Using the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. (2017) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Adults |
| Thesis | La Mantia, C [95] | Diet quality in relation to income, education and food insecurity among Canadian adults. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Adults |
| Thesis | Goetz, J.R [105] | Exploring food insecurity among individuals with serious mental illness: A qualitative study. (2008) | 10-item USDA Adult Food Security Survey Module (AFSSM) | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Stevenson, H [106] | Food security in New Zealand: The relationship between food security, ethnicity and body weight status. (2012) | 8-item New Zealand Household Food Insecurity Measurement Tool | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Osborne, M [117] | Gender inequality in food insecurity: An examination of single adults without children in the United States. (2012) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Ding, M [128] | Food insecurity and undiagnosed chronic conditions among adults. (2012) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Mai Dinh. A [139] | Effects of Food Insecurity on Fast Food Consumption A Cross Sectional Study. (2012) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Tayla Radean, A [150] | Investigating the link between food insecurity and disturbances in eating and mood. (2014) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Guerra S.A [161] | Does food insecurity predict depression among Brazos valley residents? (2015) | Radimer-Cornell Food Insecurity Measure | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Little TV [174] | Language Proficiency, Citizenship, and Food Insecurity among Predominantly Immigrant Caribbean Latinos in Massachusetts: A Masters Thesis. (2015) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Prezzato. E.L [172] | Dietary intake and risk factors associated with food insecurity. (2015) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Rodriguez. P [173] | Development of a Food Program Design for the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission to Improve Food Insecurity and Health Among Participants. (2016) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Mercado, V [107] | Food and housing insecurity among students at a community college district. (2017) | 6-item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Kashuba, K [108] | The prevelance, correlates, and academic consequences of food insecurity among University of Oregon Students. (2017). | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Eubanks, M M [109] | The Prevalence of Food Insecurity within the University of Mississippi Community and Knowledge of and Opinions About the University of Mississippi Food Bank. (2017) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Danek, A [110] | Food insecurity and related correlates among students attending Appalachian State University. (2017) | 10-item USDA Adult Food Security Survey Module (AFSSM) | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Harris, E. A | A socio-ecological analysis of the relationship between eating pathology and food insecurity (2018) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Hagedorn R.L [112] | WISH4Campus: Evaluating college food insecurity and promoting solutions for student wellbeing. (2019) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Sydnor, M.L [175] | Feed me, house me: Undergraduate college students’ perspectives on food and housing insecurity. (2019) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Goldson, T [114] | An examination of the impact of the supplemental nutrition assistance program on food insecurity and depression among low-income adults living in the United States (2019) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Shirley, T [115] | Food insecurity and produce behaviors of adults with children in rural, Appalachian Mississippi. (2019) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Pittman, S.E [116] | Exploring Illinois farmers’ food insecurity status. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Raja, A [119] | Food insecurity and alcohol use in people with HIV infection and substance use disorder. (2017) | HFIAS | USA | Adults |
| Thesis | Loopstra, R [99] | Household Food Insecurity in Canada: Towards an Understanding of Effective Interventions. (2014) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Adults and Children |
| Thesis | Ramsey, R [74] | Food and Brisbane households-dietary, health and social consequences of food insecurity. (2011) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Australia | Adults and Children |
| Thesis | Burris, M [120] | Food insecurity and age of menarche: using a biocultural approach and life history theory to assess risks of food insecurity among girls in Tampa Bay, FL. (2018) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults and Children dyads |
| Thesis | Maynard, M [100] | Experiences of Food Insecurity Among Undergraduate Students at the University of Waterloo: Barriers, Coping Strategies, and Perceived Health and Academic Outcomes (2016) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | College students |
| Thesis | Hattangadi, N [101] | Do university students who experience food insecurity report psychological distress? (2018) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | College students |
| Thesis | Nugent, M.A [121] | Journeys to the food bank: exploring the experiences of food insecurity among postsecondary students. (2000) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Maroto. M [122] | Food insecurity among community college students: prevalence and relationship to GPA, energy and concentration. (2013) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Gorman, A [123] | Food insecurity prevalence among college students at Kent State University. (2014) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | MacDonald, A [127] | Food Insecurity and Educational Attainment at the University of Arkansas. (2016) | 6-item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Camelo, K [130] | Predictors of food insecurity and their relationship to academic achievement of college students. (2017). | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Adamovic. E [131] | Food insecurity among college students: An assessment of prevalence and solutions. (2017) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Poll, K [132] | Food Insecurityand Eating Behaviors Of Collegiate Male Athletes. (2017) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Kim, E [133] | The acceptability and feasibility of an on-campus food pantry to address student food insecurity. (2018) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Watson, T. D [134] | Emerging topics in food insecurity: An assessment of university student food access and urban agriculture in Los Angeles. (2018) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Benefield, J N [135] | Food insecurity and health of International Students. (2019) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Weaver, C.G [136] | Students’ perspectives of strategies to combat food insecurity on campus. (2020) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Que, S. B [137] | Food Security as a Basic Right for College Students: A Descriptive Study of the Factors Associated with Food Insecurity and Higher Education Attainment. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Schichtl, R [138] | Examining the presence of empathy in college students as it relates to food insecurity. (2020) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Fonseca, J. J [140] | Dietary consequences of food insecurity with Latino college students in rural America (2020) | 18-item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Henniger, M. M [141] | Food insecurity at an academic health campus: Estimating need, stakeholder interest, and opportunities for food assistance interventions at the university of Oklahoma health sciences center (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Anziano, J [142] | Food insecurity among college athletes at a public university in New England. (2020) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Thesis | Thirakul, N [102] | An analysis of the prevalence and predictors of food insecurity in Canadian seniors. (2019) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Elderly |
| Thesis | Park, J. Y [68] | Food insecurity among the elderly in developed countries: Insights from a multi-national analysis. (2019) | FIES | Developed countries | Elderly |
| Thesis | Carrasco, G [82] | Intervención educativa en ancianos receptores de un servicio de teleasisténcia destinado al incremento de conocimientos sobre alimentación y actividad física y a la reducción del riesgo de inseguridad alimentaria, malnutrición y sedentarismo (icaaf-rimas) (2019) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | Spain | Elderly |
| Thesis | Robinson, H [143] | Low income older adults’ use of food pantries as a way to cope with food insecurity. (2014) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Elderly |
| Thesis | Goodman, L. G [103] | Factors associated with food insecurity among women in a small indigenous Canadian Arctic community. (2008) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Adults-women |
| Thesis | Smith, J [144] | The effect of resource cycling and food insecurity on dietary intake and weight of low-income, single mothers living in rural Louisiana. (2002) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults-women |
| Thesis | Yates, J. T [145] | Maternal depression and food insecurity during pregnancy among Oregon women. (2008) | 2005 Oregon PRAMS single-item Food Insecurity Measure | USA | Adults-women |
| Thesis | Long, A [146] | The impact of food insecurity on disordered eating and impulsivity in African American women (2017) | Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS), FAO | USA | Adults-women |
| Thesis | Bakar, W [72] | Measuring and exploring perspectives on food insecurity. (2010) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Australia | Households |
| Thesis | Kirkpatrick, S [104] | Household Food Insecurity in Canada: An Examination of Nutrition Implications and Factors Associated with Vulnerability. (2008) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Thesis | McGuire, M [85] | Poverty, food insecurity and overweight/obesity in the Canadian population. (2008) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Thesis | Skinner, K [86] | Prevalence and perceptions of food insecurity and coping strategies in Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario. (2013) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Thesis | Calhoun, M.D [87] | Food insecurity in urban and rural settings: A mixed methods analysis of risk factors and health. (2013). | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Thesis | Zahariuk. S [88] | Food insecurity within the Island Lake first nation communities in Northern Manitoba, Canada. (2014) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Thesis | Leroux, J [92] | Household Food Insecurity Among Older People in Canada: the Exploration of a Public Health Issue Rendered Invisible. (2018) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Thesis | Mak. J [93] | Food insecurity during pregnancy in Canada. (2019) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Thesis | St-Germain, A.F. [94] | Household food insecurity in Canada: Understanding the economic circumstances and policy options. (2019) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Thesis | McNeill, K. I. B [75] | Talking with Their Mouths Half Full: food insecurity in the Hamilton community. (2011) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | New Zealand | Households |
| Thesis | Fraga, M [147] | Food insecurity among first generation and non-first generation Latinx college students at CSU Stanislaus. (2002) | Modified 18-item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Thesis | Caesar, S.T [148] | The color of hunger: A quantitative analysis of the impact of race, class, and gender on food insecurity. (2003) | Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS FSS), USDA | USA | Households |
| Thesis | Cui, S [153] | Dynamics of food insecurity of families with children. (2007) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Thesis | Nothwehr, A [159] | Associations among food insecurity, dietary sodium and potassium intake levels, and hypertension: A cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2007–2010 data. (2014) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Thesis | Uber, A [160] | A Household Level Analysis Of Poverty Additionally, Food Security Characteristics During The 2007 Recession Within New York City. (2014 | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Thesis | Chappelle, N [162] | Food insecurity at Humboldt State University. (2015) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Thesis | Antolini, S [113] | Food insecurity and child and parent/caretaker overweight/obesity in a rural, Appalachian Mississippi Community. (2018) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Thesis | Shankar, K [168] | Food insecurity, race, and adolescent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in NHANES 2001-06. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Thesis | Rosenberg, J [169] | Food for thought: food insecurity and academic performance. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Thesis | Marfo, N. Y [170] | Does Place Matter? Food Insecurity, Perceptions of Neighborhood Walkability, and Acculturation as Predictors of Treatment Outcome in an Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Study. (2019). | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households (caregiver-child dyad) |
| Report | Innes-Hughes, C., Thrift, A., and Cosgrove, C [71] | A further analysis of the weight status and dietary characteristics of people reporting food insecurity in NSW: NSW Population Health Survey data 2007 and 2008. (2010). | A single item Food Insecurity measure | Australia | Adults |
| Report | El-Hajj, A., and Benhin, E (Statistics Canada) [98] | Validation of the Food Security Module in the 2018 Longitudinal and International Study of Adults. (2020) | The Longitudinal and International Study of Adults (LISA): Food Security Module | Canada | Adults |
| Report | Gregory, C.A., and Coleman-Jensen, A [118] | Food Insecurity, Chronic Disease, and Health Among Working-Age Adults. (2017) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Adults |
| Report | FAO, IFAD and WFP [69] | Monitoring Food Security and Nutrition in Support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Taking stock and looking ahead. (2016) | FIES | Developing and Developed Countries | Adults and Children |
| Report | Goldrick-Rab, S., Broton, K., and Eisenberg, D [124] | Hungry to Learn: Addressing food and housing insecurity among undergraduates. Madison. (2015) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Report | Bedore, A [125] | Identifying food insecurity among students andconstraints for SNAP/CalFresh participation. (2016) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Report | Maguire, J., and O’Neill, M., and Aberson, C [126] | California State University food and housing security survey: Emerging patterns from the Humboldt State University Data. (2016). | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Report | Goldrick-Rab S., Richardson J., and Hernandez A [176] | Hungry and Homeless in College: Results from a National Study of Basic Needs Insecurity in Higher Education. (2017) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Report | University of California [129] | Global Food Initiative: Food and Housing Security. (2017) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | USA | College students |
| Report | Innes-Hughes, C., Bowers, K., King, L., Chapman, K., Eden, B [70] | Food security: The what, how, why and where to of food security in NSW. (2010) | Single-item Food Insecurity question from NSW Population Health Survey | Australia | Households |
| Report | Roshanafshar., S and Hawkins, E. (Statistics Canada) | Food Insecurity in Canada. Health at a Glance. (2015) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Report | Li, N., Dachner, N., Tarasuk, V., Zhang, R., Kurrien, M., Harris, T., Gustin, S., and Rasali, D [90] | Priority health equity indicators for British Columbia: Household food insecurity indicator report. (2017) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Report | Alberta Health Services [91] | Household food insecurity in Alberta: A backgrounder. (2017) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Report | Statistics Canada [177] | Food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. StatCan COVID-19: Data to Insights for a better Canada. (2020) | 6 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Report | Statistics Canada [97] | Household food insecurity, 2017/2018. Health fact sheets. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Report | Tarasuk, V., Mitchell A [96] | Household food insecurity in Canada, 2017-18. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | Canada | Households |
| Report | FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO [2] | The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2021 | FIES | Developing and Developed Countries | Households |
| Report | Bates, B., Roberts, C., Lepps, H., and Porter, L [78] | The food and you survey: Wave 4. (2017) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | UK | Households |
| Report | Loopstra. R | Vulnerability to food insecurity since the COVID-19 lockdown: Preliminary report. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | UK | Households |
| Report | Gundersen, C., and Ribar, D. C [149] | Food Insecurity and Insufficiency at Low Levels of Food Expenditures (2005) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Bartfeld, J., and Wang, L [151] | Local-Level Predictors of Household Food Insecurity. (2006) | 6-item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Nord, M [152] | Characteristics of low-income households with very low food security: An analysis of the USDA GPRA food security indicator. (2007) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Nord, M., and Hopwood, A [154] | A Comparison of Household Food Security in Canada and the United States.(2008) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Nord, M., and Golla, A.M [155] | Does SNAP Decrease Food Insecurity? Untangling the Self-Selection Effect. (2009) | modified 7-item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Nord, M., Coleman-Jensen, A., Andrews, M., and Carlson, S [156] | Household Food Security in the United States, 2009. (2010) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Coleman-Jensen, A., and Nord, M [157] | Food Insecurity Among Households With Working-Age Adults With Disabilities (2013) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Nord, M., Coleman-Jensen, A., and Gregory, C [158] | Prevalence of U.S. Food Insecurity Is Related to Changes in Unemployment, Inflation, and the Price of Food. (2014) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Gregory, C.A., Coleman-Jensen, A | Food Insecurity, Chronic Disease, and Health Among Working-Age Adults. (2017) | 10 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Coleman-Jensen, Alisha, Matthew P. Rabbitt, Christian A. Gregory, and Anita Singh [163] | Household Food Security in the United States in 2018. (2019) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Feeding America [165] | Map the Meal Gap 2020: A Report on County and Congressional District Food Insecurity and County Food Cost in the United States in 2018. (2020). | 18-item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Schanzenbach, D. W., and A. Pitts [166] | Food insecurity in the census household pulse survey tables. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Coleman-Jensen, A., Rabbitt, M,P., Gregory, C.A., and Singh, A [167] | Household food security in the United States in 2019. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | Schanzenbach, D. W., and A. Pitts [178] | Estimates of food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis: Results from the COVID impact survey, Week 1 (April 20–26, 2020). (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
| Report | FAO [179] | Using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) to monitor the impact of COVID-19. (2020) | FIES | Developing and developed countries | Households |
| Book chapter | Gallegos, D., Booth, S., Kleve, S., McKenchie, R., and Lindberg, R [73] | Food Insecurity in Australian Households: From Charity to Entitlement. (2017) | Single-item Food Insecurity Measure | Australia | Adolescents |
| Newsletter | Yau, A., Adams, J., and White, M [80] | Food insecurity in the UK—why we need a new normal. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | UK | Households |
| Conference | Graham, P. L., Young, J., Haskell-Ramsay, C., and Fothergill, M [77] | Food insecurity and poor food habits amongst college students in the North East of England. (2020) | 9-item USDA Child Food Security Survey Module CFSSM | UK | Adolescents |
| Conference | Furey, S., Beacom, E., McLaughlin, C., McDowell, D., and Quinn, U [79] | Comparing Food Insecurity Prevalence Using Existing Indicators. (2020) | EU Survey on Income and Living Condition, FIES (FAO) and 18-item USDA USFSSM | UK | Households |
| Conference | Villamor, M., Nicholson-Bell, J and Wright, L [164] | Food Insecurity as a Continuum: Investigating the Emotional Well-Being of Parents. (2020) | 18 item USDA HFSSM | USA | Households |
FIES: food insecurity experience scale; USDA: united states department of agriculture; LISA: the longitudinal and international study of adults.