Fig. 6: Nested bubble diagram showing the frequency of study population groups in which FSN and mental health linkages are investigated.
From: Systematic evidence and gap map of research linking food security and nutrition to mental health
Bubbles are proportional to the frequency of analyses based on each population group. Bubbles for ‘Children’ (n = 257), ‘Adolescents’ (n = 214), ‘Pregnant Women and Mothers’ (n = 149), ‘Adults’ (n = 735) and ‘Mid Later Life populations’ (n = 408) refer to studies in which the relationship between FSN and mental health is examined within the same study population group. The bubble for ‘Cross-cutting populations’ shows studies in which the FSN measure in one group is hypothesized to affect the mental health of another group or vice versa, this includes interactions between households, parents, and/or children.
