Household food insecurity and associated factors in the Northeast of Iran: a cross-sectional study : Household food security in Northern Iran.

Background: Food Insecurity (FI) is a global health concern. For the first time, this study evaluated households' food insecurity and factors related to it in Golestan province, North of Iran.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 5129 randomly selected households in the Golestan Province in 2016.

Changes in fast food intake in Iranian households during the lockdown period caused by COVID-19 virus emergency, National Food and Nutrition Surveillance.

Background: Fast foods, though very popular, are commonly known as unhealthy foods. However, coronavirus pandemic may have influenced on food choices of the general population. This study investigated the changes in fast food consumption during epidemic lockdown 2020.

Economic inequality in nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice of Iranian households: The NUTRI-KAP study.

Improper nutritional knowledge is one of the most important causes of nutritional problems, which can affect practice and cause more complications. The aim of this study was to assess the association between nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of Iranian households with socioeconomic status (SES). The study population was 14,136 households (57 clusters of 8 individuals in each province) who lived in urban and rural regions of 31 provinces of Iran.

Nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice toward micronutrients among Iranian households: the NUTRI-KAP survey.

Background: Healthy diet for maintaining a healthy weight and prevention of chronic disease is vital at all stages of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the nutritional knowledge, attitude, and practice among urban and rural households in Iran.

Methods: In this nation-wide study, 14,136 subjects were selected using a multistage cluster sampling method from 31 provinces of Iran.

Consensus development on the essential competencies for Iranian public health nutritionists.

Objective: To assess key experts' opinion regarding essential competencies required for effective public health nutrition practice within the health-care system of Iran.

Design: Qualitative study using the modified Delphi technique through an email-delivered questionnaire.

Setting: Iran.