JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISEASES
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DOI: 10.31248/JPHD
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The effect of hike in food price on non-communicable diseases: The impact of under-nutrition
https://doi.org/10.31248/JPHD2021.104 | Article Number: 8E2B43411 | Vol.4 (5) - December 2021
Received Date: 13 September 2021 | Accepted Date: 20 December 2021 | Published Date: 30 December 2021
Authors: Osunsanmi Olugbemi Olushola* , Adewole Olajumoke Adesola , Abdulraheem Hajarah Oyindamola and Soyemi Toluwalashe Sogbenga
Keywords: Nigeria., nutrition., food insecurity, Communicable diseases, food items, non-communicable diseases, price.
Over the past one year, there has been a drastic increase in the price of food globally particularly in developing countries like Nigeria owing to the country’s high inflation rate, the Covid-19 pandemic, border closure, insecurity, poor storage facilities and other various socio-political reasons. This article evaluated the increase in price of food over the past one year and the potential impact on the incidence of non-communicable diseases. The hike in food price has reduced the access to the appropriate and adequate nutrients needed to meet the body’s nutritional demands, thereby increasing the risk of malnutrition amongst the general populace. This could cause an increase the incidence of non-communicable diseases across Nigeria over time should the price of food remain high.
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