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dc.contributor.authorYoung, Sera L-
dc.contributor.authorFrongillo, Edward A-
dc.contributor.authorJamaluddine, Zeina-
dc.contributor.authorMelgar-Quiñonez, Hugo-
dc.contributor.authorPérez-Escamilla, Rafael-
dc.contributor.authorRingler, Claudia-
dc.contributor.authorRosinger, Asher Y-
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-14T06:59:30Z-
dc.date.available2023-06-14T06:59:30Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4942-
dc.description.abstractWater security is a powerful concept that is still in its early days in the field of nutrition. Given the prevalence and severity of water issues and the many interconnections between water and nutrition, we argue that water security deserves attention commensurate with its importance to human nutrition and health. To this end, we first give a brief introduction to water insecurity and discuss its conceptualization in terms of availability, access, use, and stability. We then lay out the empirical grounding for its assessment. Parallels to the food-security literature are drawn throughout, both because the concepts are analogous and food security is familiar to the nutrition community. Specifically, we review the evolution of scales to measure water and food security and compare select characteristics. We then review the burgeoning evidence for the causes and consequences of water insecurity and conclude with 4 recommendations: 1) collect more water-insecurity data (i.e., on prevalence, causes, consequences, and intervention impacts); 2) collect better data on water insecurity (i.e., measure it concurrently with food security and other nutritional indicators, measure intrahousehold variation, and establish baseline indicators of both water and nutrition before interventions are implemented); 3) consider food and water issues jointly in policy and practice (e.g., establish linkages and possibilities for joint interventions, recognize the environmental footprint of nutritional guidelines, strengthen the nutrition sensitivity of water-management practices, and use experience-based scales for improving governance and regulation across food and water systems); and 4) make findings easily available so that they can be used by the media, community organizations, and other scientists for advocacy and in governance (e.g., tracking progress towards development goals and holding implementers accountable). As recognition of the importance of water security grows, we hope that so too will the prioritization of water in nutrition research, funding, and policyen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAdvances in Nutritionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPerspective;1058-1073-
dc.subjectwater insecurityen_US
dc.subjectfood insecurityen_US
dc.subjectindividualen_US
dc.subjecthouseholden_US
dc.subjectindicatoren_US
dc.subjectexperience-baseden_US
dc.titlePerspective: The Importance of Water Security for Ensuring Food Security, Good Nutrition, and Well-beingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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