Food insecurity experience of pregnant and lactating women from rural households in Tamil Nadu, India during COVID lockdown – Empirical evidence from household air pollution intervention network study

Vigneswari Aravindalochanan, Sarada S Garg, Gurusamy Thangavel, Rengaraj Ramasamy, Om Prasanth Rajan, Priya Kumar Natarajan, Meenakshi Sundarem Gopalkrishna, Sylesh Loganathan, Sankar Sambandam, Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay, Sheela Sinharoy, Usha Ramakrishnan, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Shirin Jabbarzadeh, Lance Waller, Thomas F. Clasen, Jennifer Peel, William Checkley

Nutrition and Health

Published online on November 06, 2025

Abstract

Nutrition and Health, Ahead of Print.
BackgroundFood insecurity is a major public health concern in India because of the high prevalence of malnourishment. The COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns caused widespread disruptions in food systems. However, limited empirical evidence on food ...