NUTR 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Feeding America, Nutrient, School Breakfast Program
31 May 2018
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Department
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NUTR 200 Nutrition for Today 4/4/2018
MJ Gunnarson, MS, RD 1
Food Insecurity
Reading:
P 7, 480-484
Chapter 20 – Beyond Food Safety
Learning Objectives:
• Define food security and food insecurity.
• List groups most at risk for food insecurity in the US
• Describe some consequences of food insecurity for mothers, kids and older adults.
• Identify two federally funded food assistance programs
• List some of the factors that contribute to global food insecurity
• Name and describe 3 types of malnutrition.
• What are some severe health effects of undernutrition?
• Name the major global micronutrient deficiencies.
• List the health consequences of overnutrition.
Hunger:
-physical discomfort experienced by individuals who have consumed insufficient amounts of food
Temporary
-no risk
Chronic
-severe consequences
Food security
Access to safe, secure, nutritious, and sustainable food supply
Able to obtain sufficient nutritious food
Food insecurity
Lack access to sufficient amount of safe and nutritious food
Unable to obtain sufficient nutritious food
Inadequate physical, social, or economic access
Globally - Poverty, war, natural disaster
Degrees of food insecurity
Low food security - Food intake is adequate, but food quality, variety, and/or desirability reduced
Very low food security - Food intake is not always adequate due to lack of food access and availability
-prevalence of food insecurity in U.S.
-average: $50 per person per week for food
-33% less for food insecure ($38 per person per week)
-14% of US households are food insecure
-23% of children in food insecure homes
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NUTR 200 Nutrition for Today 4/4/2018
MJ Gunnarson, MS, RD 2
What Is Associated with Food Insecurity in the US?
Income, ethnicity, head of household, location of home
Poverty
~16% of families living below the poverty line (2016)
20% US children living in poverty
Households with income above the poverty line also experience food insecurity
• Black and Latino families at higher risk than other ethnicities
• Households headed by single Moms
• Urban and rural households are at greater risk than those in suburban areas
-some of this has to do with food desert
Food desert-a neighborhood or community with little access to a variety of affordable, healthy foods
such as banana, oranges and other fresh fruits and vegetables
Location with poor or no access to affordable and/or nutritious foods
--defined as parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables and other healthful whole foods, usually
found in impoverished areas. Largely due to a lack of grocery stores, farmers' markets and healthy food
providers
The rising cost of food--2017
• Fresh fruit
-4.7% increase over past year
• Fresh vegetables
-5.3% increase over past year
• Eggs
-17.8% increase due to HPAI
-Highly pathogenic avian influenza
What does this mean?
1. Food insecurity and poverty lead to food choices that are convenient and inexpensive
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Document Summary
List groups most at risk for food insecurity in the us. Physical discomfort experienced by individuals who have consumed insufficient amounts of food. Access to safe, secure, nutritious, and sustainable food supply. Lack access to sufficient amount of safe and nutritious food. Low food security - food intake is adequate, but food quality, variety, and/or desirability reduced. Very low food security - food intake is not always adequate due to lack of food access and availability. Average: per person per week for food. 33% less for food insecure ( per person per week) Income, ethnicity, head of household, location of home. ~16% of families living below the poverty line (2016) Some of this has to do with food desert. Food desert-a neighborhood or community with little access to a variety of affordable, healthy foods such as banana, oranges and other fresh fruits and vegetables. Location with poor or no access to affordable and/or nutritious foods.
