Food Security, Diet Quality And Anthropometric Status Of Non-Medical Healthcare Workers In Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.:- Opurum, Uchechi C

ABSTRACT

Food Security is defined as a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life (Peng and Berry, 2018). Four dimensions offood security have been identified in line with different levels, Availability - National, Accessibility - Household, Utilization -Individual, Stability, may be considered as a time dimension that affects • all the levels. All four of these dimensions must be intact for full food security (Peng and Berry, 2018)