Are free school meals failing families? exploring the relationship between child food insecurity, child mental health and free school meal status during COVID-19 …

TC Yang, M Power, RH Moss, B Lockyer, W Burton… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Food insecurity is linked to poor health and well-being in children and rising
prevalence rates have been exacerbated by COVID-19. Free school meals (FSM) are …

Half of children entitled to free school meals did not have access to the scheme during COVID-19 lockdown in the UK

JC Parnham, AA Laverty, A Majeed, EP Vamos - Public health, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives The objectives of the study were to investigate access to free school meals
(FSMs) among eligible children, to describe factors associated with uptake and to …

Socioeconomic risks of food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the Understanding Society Covid Survey

H Brown, S Mills, V Albani - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background We estimated socioeconomic factors associated with food insecurity during the
first year of the Covid pandemic in the UK and explored potential mechanisms explaining …

[PDF][PDF] Young people, food insecurity and Covid-19: a qualitative study in Edinburgh and London

C McPherson - Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities …, 2020 - i-sphere.site.hw.ac.uk
Even before the coronavirus pandemic struck in early 2020, food insecurity was rising
steadily and attracting growing concern across the UK. Under Covid-19, which has caused …

'In most supermarkets food does not cost£ 3 per day…'The impact of the school food voucher scheme during COVID‐19

GS Lalli - British Educational Research Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Households with children eligible for Free School Meals are at risk of food insecurity. This
paper reports on a rapid‐response study that investigated the impact of the school food …

Food insecurity, federal nutrition support, and parent feeding practices during COVID-19: a 1-year follow-up study

EL Adams, LJ Caccavale, DI Smith… - Public Health …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: COVID-19 caused stark increases in food insecurity. To maintain food provision,
policy changes to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Supplemental Nutrition …

Impact of COVID-19 on household food insecurity and interlinkages with child feeding practices and coping strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India: a longitudinal …

PH Nguyen, S Kachwaha, A Pant, LM Tran, S Ghosh… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has profound negative impacts on people's lives, but
little is known on its effect on household food insecurity (HFI) in poor setting resources. This …

Associations of food insecurity and material social support with parent and child mental health during COVID-19

KP Ward, SJ Lee - Children and Youth Services Review, 2022 - Elsevier
The rise of mental health problems during COVID-19 has been called a national crisis.
Parents and caregivers reported parenting stress, anxiety, and depression, which may be …

Community stakeholders' perceptions on barriers and facilitators to food security of families with children under three years before and during COVID-19

EG Varela, J Zeldman, AR Mobley - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Children living in food-insecure households have poorer overall health than children in food-
secure households. While US nutrition assistance programs provide resources, these …

Food insecurity in households of children receiving care at a paediatric obesity management clinic in Montreal: Overall prevalence and changes associated with the …

M Cyrenne-Dussault, M Sirois, J St-Pierre… - Paediatrics & Child …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Food insecurity and paediatric obesity are two major public health issues in
Canada that may have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. We assessed food …