en public specific editorial article <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Disaster is a tragic event which causes excessive mortality, suffering, and financial damage. One of the most important basic needs of people after a disaster is food. Providing and distributing healthy, adequate, and hygienic food is one of the biggest challenges which managers always face in a crisis because disasters have different effects on food situation and nutrition of the affected area </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">(Ireton-Jones<i> et al.</i>, 2019)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">. Therefore, one of the major consequences of disasters is the reduction of energy and food supply sources. Evaluation of available food sources, proper rationing, prioritization of high-risk groups such as children and pregnant or lactating women, and food distribution should be considered according to the assessment of minimum energy and nutrient requirements</span></span></span></div> disasters, nutrition, foods, crisis 7 9 http://jnfs.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-123-22&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ameneh Marzban amenemarzban@yahoo.com 0000-0002-8111-3319 Yes Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Fateme Sadeghi-Nodoushan 0000-0003-4461-3100 No Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran