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*Corresponding authors: prasanna@niscair.res.in
In the current COVID-19 pandemic the intertwined relationship between malnutrition and poverty prop up the risk of food insecurity which causes extreme hunger. In spite of social and economic progress, the global burden of malnutrition continues to be unacceptably high. Nutritional status, human capital, and economic position all have an important link. Malnutrition has a negative impact on people's physiological and mental capacities, which reduces productivity and makes them and their nations more vulnerable to poverty. The inequalities in reduced access to the health care system and food insecurities like inadequate access to food, inadequate supply, and the inappropriate use of food are directly linked to food insecurity are serious public health challenges. No poverty, zero hunger, and good health and well-being are the top three UN Sustainable Development Goals. The COVID-19 situation is expected to have an impact on all three of these objectives. Current efforts to promote the availability and accessibility of healthy food and water to disadvantaged communities, as well as to avoid fraud and misbranding, should be improved. There is a need to develop current healthy standards and eating pattern suggestions that are practical to follow during a pandemic. Public policies focused on ensuring the human right to adequate food must be revamped and implemented till actual commodities should reach the needy, for effective population policies in contexts of poverty is need of the hour. This article aims to explore food insecurity among people from the socially disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and impoverished families during the COVID-19 pandemic with special reference to India.
COVID-19, Food security, Health, Malnutrition, Unprecedented times, Zero hunger