How to Fight Food Insecurity, Even in a Changing ClimateKatherine Harmon
Food insecurity has been linked to higher rates of eating disorder behaviors, and experiences of discrimination can result in trauma—a risk factor for eating disorders. Many immigrant families deal with generational trauma, and this may lead to maladaptive coping strategies, like disordered eating. ...
Not long ago, food insecurity in the United States was thought of mainly in terms of "food deserts," which were based largely on a measure of a person's geographical distance from places that sold affordable, healthy food. The US Department of Agriculture came out with a detailedfood desert...
In the US alone, an estimated 40 million people may face hunger in 2021; Black households experience food insecurity at about 2.5 times the rate of White households in this country, and Latino households at about 2 times the rate.
How much damage can food scraps really do? The truth is that the issues surrounding how to deal with food waste in Dallas are among the biggest facing the city, the country, and the globe, with this particular waste stream responsible for significant environmental, financial, and social impacts...
Presented by renowned Ethnobotanist James Wong, the series will analyse what farmers, scientists, tech innovators and consumers have learned from the recent shock to the food chain caused by the pandemic and discover how they’re reimagining the global food sys...
What Is Food Insecurity? Food insecurity refers to living with that constant worry of not knowing what, how, or when an individual or family will have their next meal.This is an urgent public health crisis and racial justice issue that requires everyone’s attention. Even those not experiencing...
Being without the financial means to have reliable access to enough food to sustain members of a household is known as Food Insecurity (FI; Gundersen, 2013). Previous research has linked FI to obesity and depression (Adams, Grummer-Strawn, & Chavez, 2003; BronteTinkew, Zaslow, Capps, Horowit...
Overprotective parents can make even the simplest things, like going out with friends and having a boyfriend, into major sources of conflict. This creates long-term problems for the child. Learn some tips on how to get them to give you some freedom.
With technology more readily available for independent grocers not only to get online, but also to start accepting SNAP payments online, the answer to working through both food waste and food insecurity could finally be here. Many SNAP recipients are homebound, lack transportation or live in a...