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Food security initiatives represent coordinated policies, programs, and interventions designed to address the determinants of food security by improving individuals’ and populations’ consistent access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious foods that support an active and healthy life. These initiatives are based on the multidimensional concept of food security, which includes the availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability of food resources over time ^[1]. Within health-related disciplines, food security initiatives extend beyond the provision of food supplies alone and encompass approaches that address economic access, dietary quality, nutritional adequacy, and social conditions influencing food-related health outcomes ^[2]. These initiatives are distinguished from emergency food assistance by their broader emphasis on reducing food insecurity through systematic changes in food access, nutrition environments, and related social determinants of health ^[3]. In pediatric and maternal health contexts, food security initiatives may additionally incorporate components targeting household resources, caregiving conditions, and nutritional environments that influence growth, development, and health across the life course ^[4].