en public specific review article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Background: </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">Comprehensive understanding of the strategies used by households to confront food insecurity can assist governments and relevant organizations in formulating policies that are more effective. This overview of reviews aims to examine the strategies utilized by households to confront food insecurity throughout the world, regardless of its underlying causes.<b> Methods: </b>The authors searched in PubMed/Medline, ISI Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar by appropriate keywords to identify relevant publications up to March 2024. Reviews were eligible for inclusion in the current study if they mentioned coping strategies in response to food insecurity and their full text was in English. The quality of included reviews was examined by the SANRA, JBI, and PRISMA-ScR. <b>Results: </b>A total of 58 review studies reporting coping strategies in response to food insecurity were included.<b> </b>Two major groups of household coping strategies for food insecurity were highlighted: 1) Food-based coping strategies including reducing amount/ portion size of food intake, skipping meals, eating cheap foods, using less preferred food, borrowing/ requesting food options, food sharing, minimizing food waste, assistance programs; and 2) Non-food-based coping strategies which are social protection, financial and asset-based approaches, diversification of livelihood or income sources, agricultural/livestock management approaches, informal and illegal economic approaches, and human capital related strategies. <b>Conclusion: </b>Examining the coping strategies used by households experiencing food insecurity can offer policymakers and planners valuable insights to mitigate food insecurity and its consequences globally and regionally.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</div> Coping skill, Coping strategies, Food insecurity 662 682 http://jnfs.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-464-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Maryam Karkhaneh 0000-0002-7106-5237 No Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition & Food Technology Research Institute (NNFTRI), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Fateme Shafiei Fateme.shafie@gmail.com 0000-0001-8026-8645 No 1 Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition & Food Technology Research Institute (NNFTRI), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Reza Pakravan-Charvadeh 0000-0002-1570-4954 No Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran Fatemeh Mohammadi-Nasrabadi 0000-0001-5861-6420 Yes Institute (NNFTRI), Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran