Food Poverty and Insecurity

Question 1

What is food poverty?

Answer 1

Food poverty - unable to access a sufficient diet. Often due to financial constrictions.

Question 2

What is food insecurity?

Answer 2

(Gatrell, 2015) When food consumed is of poor quality and nutritionally inadequate
Often presumed to just be a problem in the global south (Dowler et al., 2011) - seen in developed countries too.

Question 3

Growing problem of food insecurity

Answer 3

(Trussell Trust, 2017) 1.2million users of food banks in 2016/17 (proxy measure of food poverty).

Question 4

What has food poverty been caused by?

Answer 4

Inflation (cost of food increasing) and financial difficulties (e.g. becoming made unemployed)

Question 5

What negative effects arise from not having sufficient levels of food have?

Answer 5

Negatively impact health and wellbeing.

Can also cause mental health problems such as stress and anxiety

Question 6

(Drewnowski 2004).

Answer 6

Maximise calorific intake per penny