Covid-19Catholic schoolsUnited KingdomFood insecurityDigital divideCovid-19 and the subsequent worldwide lockdowns have had a major impact on families and school education. The lockdowns have highlighted and exacerbated the disadvantages experienced by those children who suffer from child poverty. ...
Challenges and opportunities facing food banks under COVID-19 December 16, 2020 - Greater Chicago Food Depository CEO Kate Maehr looks back on 2020, the challenge of rising food insecurity, and ways the private sector can get involved. Interview How the charitable food system is adapting to li...
Food insecurity (FI) remains an enduring global challenge, affecting over 9.3% of the world’s population. Nearly 29.6% of individuals currently face severe or moderate FI [1]. The World Bank [2] reports a substantial increase, with over 42% of the global population experiencing unaffordability...
COVID-19food insecurityhungerMap the Meal GappovertyI31Q18For a decade, Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap (MMG) has provided sub﹕tate﹍evel estimates of food insecurity for both the full population and for children. Along with being extensively used by food banks, it is widely used by ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has added to the challenges faced by Feeding America food banks. The staggering increase in food insecurity across the United States is being met by thousands of Feeding America’s food banks. While the pandemic remains a threat to safety and health, hunger is creeping ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased food insecurity in the United States (US). The objective of this study was to understand the early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among low-income adults in the US as social distancing measures began to be implemented. On 19–24 March 2020...
Falkendal, T. et al. Grain export restrictions during COVID-19 risk food insecurity in many low- and middle-income countries.Nat. Food2, 11–14 (2021). ArticleCASGoogle Scholar Weindl, I. et al. Livestock and human use of land: productivity trends and dietary choices as drivers of futur...
Food insecurity, defined as the lack of physical or economic access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food, remains one of the main challenges included in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Near real-time data on the food insecurity situation
Household energy insecurity and COVID-19 have independent and synergistic health effects on vulnerable populations Front Public Health, 8 (2021), p. 5 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar [48] I. Aboderin, M. Kano, H.A. Owii Toward “age-friendly slums”? Health challenges of older slum dwellers...
The disparities in food security prevalence and trends across Africa’s regions are currently stark. Southern Africa, including South Africa, exhibited the lowest increase in food insecurity, primarily attributed to the impact of Covid-19. Conversely, East Africa experienced a surge in food insecurity...