An Exploratory Study of Local Food Affordability and Factors Related to Household Food Security and Food Purchasing Decisions

10.5580/260f ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Food Purchasing ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Food Affordability

Food Purchasing and Food Insecurity: Among Low-income Families in Toronto

2010 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. e50-e56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Dachner ◽  
Laurie Ricciuto ◽  
Sharon I. Kirkpatrick ◽  
Valerie Tarasuk
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Food Selection ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Food Purchasing ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Low Income Families

Purpose: Factors underlying food-purchasing decisions were examined among a sample of low-income Toronto families. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was completed among 485 families residing in high-poverty Toronto neighbourhoods. Food-security status was assessed using the Household Food Security Survey Module. Open-ended questions were included to examine respondents’ food selection and management practices and their purchasing decisions for six indicator foods. Logistic regression was used to examine associations between factors influencing food-purchasing decisions, perceived food adequacy, and severity of food insecurity. Results: Twenty-two percent of families had been severely food insecure in the past 30 days. Respondents engaged in thrifty food shopping practices, such as frequenting discount supermarkets and budgeting carefully. Price was the most salient factor influencing food-purchasing decisions; the likelihood that families would report this factor increased with deteriorating food security. Preference, quality, and health considerations also guided food-purchasing decisions, but generally to a lesser extent as food insecurity increased. Household food supplies reflected constraints on food purchasing, and they diminished with increasing food insecurity. Conclusions: Despite their resourcefulness, low-income families struggle to feed their families. Dietitians have an important role to play as advocates for adequate income supports to promote food security and nutritional health.

Combining Land and Water in Upper Indus

2017 ◽  
pp. 120-149
Author(s):  
Sher Ahmed ◽  
Tor H. Aase
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
The Road ◽  
Subsistence Production ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Political Unrest ◽  
Karakoram Highway ◽  
Gilgit Baltistan

Villages in Sai catchment in Gilgit-Baltistan were integrated into mainstream Pakistan when the Karakoram Highway was completed in the 1980s. Previous to the road, local food security depended solely on local subsistence production. Now, household food security is more dependent upon purchasing power achieved through outside employment and access to markets on the plains. Food security is vulnerable because the Highway is frequently blocked by natural hazards and political unrest.

scholarly journals Household Food Insecurity, Local Food Environment Measures and Obesity in Adult Women in Hermosillo, México (P04-044-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahid García-López ◽  
Alma Contreras-Paniagua ◽  
Gloria Portillo ◽  
Ana Lucía Contreras-Navarro ◽  
Jeanne Husson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Household Food Insecurity ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Food Purchasing ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Corner Stores

Abstract Objectives To examine the relationship between prevalence of overweight and obesity in adult women, household food insecurity (FI) and local food environment measures in Hermosillo, Mexico. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study design with a multi-stage sampling process for neighborhoods, households and individuals (in areas with medium and high levels of social marginalization). Measures of body weight, height and waist circumference from adult women were collected from September to November 2018. Through validated questionnaires and face-to-face interviews, we assessed food security (scale of food security for families in northwestern Mexico), perception of the local food environment (NEMS-P), socioeconomic status and self-reported physical activity. Results Prevalence of overweight and obesity among women was 80.5%, 82% were moderately active, and 69% did mainly housework. Seventy nine % of households showed some level of FI. Participants reported mainly supermarkets and corner stores for food purchasing (75.7% and 15.4%, respectively). There was a higher probability of obesity in women who visited neighborhood corner stores daily compared to those who purchased in other food establishments (OR: 3.66; 95% CI, 1.2–10.4). Among households with FI, the consumption of food while watching television, occupation, cohabitation status (being married or living with a partner) and the frequency and places of food purchasing, were associated with women´s overweight or obesity (P < 0.05). There was an association between women's waist circumference and severe household FI (P < 0.05). Conclusions The food environment and household FI were related to the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adult women. Funding Sources This research was funded by the Interdisciplinary Research Network on Obesity Prevention at Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo.

scholarly journals High food insecurity in Latinx families and associated COVID-19 infection in the Greater Bay Area, California

BMC Nutrition ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milagro Escobar ◽  
Andrea DeCastro Mendez ◽  
Maria Romero Encinas ◽  
Sofia Villagomez ◽  
Janet M. Wojcicki
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Household Food ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Food insecurity impacts nearly one-in-four Latinx households in the United States and has been exacerbated by the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We examined the impact of COVID-19 on household and child food security in three preexisting, longitudinal, Latinx urban cohorts in the San Francisco Bay Area (N = 375 households, 1875 individuals). Households were initially recruited during pregnancy and postpartum at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) and UCSF Benioff prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. For this COVID-19 sub-study, participants responded to a 15-min telephonic interview. Participants answered 18 questions from the US Food Security Food Module (US HFSSM) and questions on types of food consumption, housing and employment status, and history of COVID-19 infection as per community or hospital-based testing. Food security and insecurity levels were compared with prior year metrics. Results We found low levels of household food security in Latinx families (by cohort: 29.2%; 34.2%; 60.0%) and child food security (56.9%, 54.1%, 78.0%) with differences between cohorts explained by self-reported levels of education and employment status. Food security levels were much lower than those reported previously in two cohorts where data had been recorded from prior years. Reported history of COVID-19 infection in households was 4.8% (95% Confidence Interval (CI); 1.5–14.3%); 7.2% (95%CI, 3.6–13.9%) and 3.5% (95%CI, 1.7–7.2%) by cohort and was associated with food insecurity in the two larger cohorts (p = 0.03; p = 0.01 respectively). Conclusions Latinx families in the Bay Area with children are experiencing a sharp rise in food insecurity levels during the COVID-19 epidemic. Food insecurity, similar to other indices of poverty, is associated with increased risk for COVID-19 infection. Comprehensive interventions are needed to address food insecurity in Latinx populations and further studies are needed to better assess independent associations between household food insecurity, poor nutritional health and risk of COVID-19 infection.

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