HLTH355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Underweight, Social Exclusion, Cardiovascular Disease
24 Oct 2018
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Slide 24: household food insecurity in canada, 2012. 1. 7 million canadian households experience food insecurity: this amounts to nearly one in eight households, 4 million individuals, including 1. 15 million children. Household food insecurity in canada, 2012: 4. 1% marginal food insecurity, 6% moderate food insecurity, 2. 6% severe food insecurity, 87. 4% food secure. Data source: statistics canada, canadian community health survey (cchs), 2012. Slide 27: food insecurity = higher risk of chronic diseases: heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, metabolic syndrome, other chronic diseases (che & chen, 2001; vozoris & tarasuk, 2003; parker et al. , 2010; ford, 2013; crews et al. , 2014) Slide 28: food insecurity and mental health: food insecurity, depression and distress. Food consumption behaviours and strategies for food acquisition that fall outside social norms (hamelin et al. , 2002) Slide 30: particularly high rates among some populations. Lack of home ownership: recent immigrant, aboriginal status, children, single parent (esp. women)
