HLTH355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 46: Food Security

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH355
• Professor: Sharon Kirkpatrick

Document Summary

Food security means that food intake is: sufficient, reliable, nutritious, safe, acceptable, sustainable. Food supply (indicators of a local food supply) that lead to food security. Location of food outlets: availability in outlets, price, quality, variety, promotion. Access to food (resources and capacity to acquire and use food) that lead to food security: financial resources, distance and transport to shops, knowledge skills preferences, storage facilities, preparation and cooking facilities, time and mobility, social support. Source: source: rychetnik et al. (2003) (adapted from a model by mccomb, webb, & marks, 2000) In middle circle: food security: surrounding food security is access, quality and availability, under access, education. Same as slide 35 with certain aspects highlighted including: access: gas prices, sharing, equipment price, land skills hunting support, quality: contaminants, weather, timing of harvest, animal health, availability: number of animals, wildlife stability/ vulnerability.