Food, Housing and Health Flashcards
Define food insecurity
Lacking access to adequate nutiritional food due to income constraints
Define Food Desert
An urban area where there is not access to healthy food, typically in low income/subsidized housing/no public transportation areas
Define food security
When everyone in a area has access to safe, nutritious, culturally appropriate food using a system that maximizes self reliance and social justice
Why do we live in obesognic society
Easily accessible food, high calorie, affordable, no need to walk anywhere
Why are our bodies pro weight gain?
Because we used to live in a agricultural, hunter/gatherer society where we didn’t always have access to food so gaining weight was ‘selected’ for
What are some things families will forgo to keep food on the table?
Medications
Services Ex. TV
Juggle Bills
Seek family and community support
What goes into a meal?
Meal Planning Getting to the Store Choosing the Food Paying for the food Getting home with the food Storing the Food Preparing the Meal
Many people argue making a stir fry is healthier and cheaper than putting a pizza in the oven, however what other factors go into cooking
Income Job security Working conditions and employment Disability Race Housing Education
What are the major differences between how low income and average income houses dedicate their income?
No money put towards debt, more on food, more on housing
Housing is becoming a major issue in Canada. We have a rising number of people (3)
Who are homeless, using temporary shelters, or devote more than 30% of their income to housing
Canada has the most _____ but the ________ subsidized housing
Most expensive
Least amount of subsidized
One growing issue in Canada is the hidden homeless. What are they and why is this happening?
Those who sleep in temporary shelters like friends, hotels, relatives, homeless for periods of time, because of precarious work
Why is housing a SDoH
Materialistic deprivation is damaging to health, stress about housing activates street response resulting in chronic illnesses like cardiovascular, diabetes, immunosuppression etc.
Why does food matter?
Better academic performance in children, associated with obesity as higher calorie foods = weight gain, and fed and fasting can cause a thrifty phenotype, increase in chronic diseases in adults and children
What are some solutions to these problems? What is the best?
Food Banks, Income, COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY (best)
