Data from two years ago shows that close to 60% of children in South Africa lived below the poverty line, while a third were below the food poverty line. Statistics also show that households with children are more likely ...
Apr 13, 2020
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Alleviating food insecurity is often seen as one of the fundamental roles a country should fulfill. In some cases, this is encapsulated into a constitutionally formalized "right to food". In other cases, including the U.S., ...
Oct 19, 2019
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Food insecurity is linked to higher disease rates but not much is known about the reasons for this. A new study of more than 10,000 Canadian households shows that this connection may be at least partially attributed to lack ...
Oct 12, 2019
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Canada's new 2019 food guide uses nutritional science to define what a wholesome diet looks like. This is a great improvement over previous versions, but it raises important questions about the accessibility of healthy food ...
Jun 6, 2019
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Food insecurity, meaning inadequate or insecure access to food because of a lack of money, has worsened in Nunavut communities since the introduction of the federal government's Nutrition North Canada program in 2011, found ...
May 21, 2019
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The proportion of UK adults on low incomes who face hunger because they can't afford to buy enough to eat—a situation known as 'food insecurity'—has likely almost doubled in the UK since 2004, suggests an analysis of ...
Apr 30, 2019
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Children in households with uncertain access to nutritious food are twice as likely to have low self-esteem and less likely to believe they can make healthy choices, new research shows.
Apr 10, 2019
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A major study at the University of Copenhagen reports that food quality is affected when people's food budgets are constrained, as per the definition of insecure or very insecure access to food used in international research. ...
Jan 11, 2019
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The value of foodbanks goes well beyond the food they provide, offering social contact and a safe place where users find care, dignity and respect, according to new research released today by the University of Glasgow.
Mar 26, 2018
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Replacing the maximum Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) allotment with a benefit that reflects the real cost of a healthy diet, expanding the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children ...
Oct 11, 2016
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