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But food programs can’t fix the problem of household food insecurity

5 Nov 2019

Relationship Between Food Banks and Food Insecurity in Canada Food insecurity - the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints - is monitored by Statistics Canada through the Canadian Community Health Survey. [...] Despite widespread recognition that food insecurity is first and foremost an income problem, policy responses in Canada have focused on food provision, with an emphasis on strengthening the charitable Data sources: Statistics on food insecurity estimated from the food sector1. [...] While using a food bank may provide temporary food relief for those who access these programs, there is no evidence that food banks are a solution to the very serious problem of food insecurity in Canada. [...] Given the scale of the problem of food insecurity in Canada, governments' continued focus on improving and expanding food banks as a primary response to food insecurity is ill-founded. [...] An exploration of the unprecedented decline in the prevalence of household food insecurity in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2007–2012.
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