Prevalence of adolescent-reported food insecurity and the determinants including coping strategies living in urban slum communities of Bangladesh during the era of COVID-19: a cross-sectional study.

This study showed that adolescents living in urban slum communities in Bangladesh are at very high risk of FI and resort to harmful coping strategies. Our study highlights the importance of further research in adolescent reported FI and coping strategies in low to middle income countries (LMICs) and create appropriate interventions to lower FI among this group and improve their state of health and wellbeing.