AREC173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Rapporteur, Food Security
21 Sep 2016
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Household food insecurity in canada by province and territory: greatest percentage insecurity in northern territories and atlantic provinces, greatest number of insecure in most populous provinces. Consequences of food insecurity in remote regions: diets high in sodium, fat and sugar and increasing risk of diet-related diseases, health canada, diabetes in. Causes of food insecurity in remote areas of canada: high costs and barriers to transportation (increasing with climate change, roads ood). Observations on food assistance policies and programs: canada - 2014/2015 federal government invested million in nutrition north. Program: food banks run as charities were used by 852137 canadian residents in 2014 (24% of food insecure people), food is not considered to be a right. Food assistance policies and programs elsewhere: usa - supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), billion in 2014, / person (4% of gdp), india - food programs seen as legal entitlements under the constitution.
