Food is not the only answer to food insecurity. Families struggling with severe disadvantage need adequate and ongoing financial protection to ensure their children have enough to eat.
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A survey finds that hardship disparities across racial and ethnic groups have persisted throughout the pandemic.
The most vulnerable in society have been hit hard by the pandemic when it comes to getting enough to eat. So what can be done?
Formerly incarcerated Americans face food insecurity rates double that of the general population. A 1996 law that prohibits drug felons from getting crucial benefits may be partially to blame.
Indigenous people in the US have high rates of food insecurity and dietary-related health problems. Any attempts to address the problem must start with land justice, argues a scholar of Native health and food.
These efforts are growing due to the coronavirus pandemic. They involve partnerships with school districts, food banks and other institutions.
Behavioral economics, long employed in grocery stores to guide customers to certain products, could be employed by food banks and pantries to encourage healthier choices.
Personal interactions between volunteers and the older adults they assist, which paused due to pandemic concerns, are resuming.
This is a transcript of episode 16 of The Conversation Weekly podcast The racial hunger gap in American cities and what do about it. In this episode, we look at some of the reasons behind racial disparities…
Plus, the discovery of the first known burial in Africa. Listen to episode 16 of The Conversation Weekly.
What’s needed is a prioritisation of the health and medicinal values of the food that’s consumed in African countries.
While long lines and food shortages are frustrating for most consumers, they can be physically and emotionally grueling for people with disabilities.
CERB was a lifeline but no paradise, highlighting the struggles of social assistance recipients to get by on much less.
Two billion people already eat ‘prawns of the land’, so why don’t many Australians? A new CSIRO industry roadmap on edible insects explains why we should bring bugs into mainstream diets.
The federal government has temporarily widened eligibility for food assistance to more students. Two scholars argue this needs to be made permanent and be accompanied with an awareness campaign.
Students are spreading out when they eat and using more single-serve packaging. Future changes to school meals could be less visible.
A team of experts are projecting that after a steep increase in 2020, food insecurity rates will dip in 2021. But behind this is a racial gap – rates for Black Americans will remain stubbornly high.
Food insecurity affected many students even before the pandemic hit, with international students the worst hit. But students and universities have shown a lot can be done to end the problem.
Economists estimate the tax on households worth over $50 million could bring in $3 trillion over 10 years, but it will run into constitutional challenges.
Poor nutrition stunts children’s growth and hollows out their life chances.
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Professor of Economics, Baylor University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Texas State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
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Professor of Health Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
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Research Program Coordinator, Food Insecurity, University of Toronto
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health and Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Professor of Social and Environmental Challenges, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Assistant Professor of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Nutrition Science, Purdue University
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Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
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PhD Candidate, Host of AnthroDish Podcast, McMaster University
