Strengthening US food policies and programs to promote equity in nutrition security: a policy statement from the American Heart Association

AN Thorndike, CD Gardner, KB Kendrick… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Nutritionally inadequate dietary intake is a leading contributor to chronic cardiometabolic
diseases. Differences in dietary quality contribute to socioeconomic and racial and ethnic …

Examining the association between food literacy and food insecurity

A Begley, E Paynter, LM Butcher, SS Dhaliwal - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Poor food literacy behaviours may contribute to food insecurity in developed countries. The
aim of this research was to describe the apparent prevalence of food insecurity in adults at …

A critical exploration of the diets of UK disadvantaged communities to inform food systems transformation: a scoping review of qualitative literature using a social …

L Hunt, C Pettinger, C Wagstaff - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
The UK food system affects social, economic and natural environments and features
escalating risk of food insecurity. Yet it should provide access to safe, nutritious, affordable …

Food security and sustainability: discussing the four pillars to encompass other dimensions

RPF Guiné, MLJ Pato, CA Costa, DVTA Costa… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
The unadjusted intake of food constitutes a real challenge for the several sustainability
dimensions. In this perspective, the main objectives of this research are to characterise the …

New measures to assess the “Other” three pillars of food security–availability, utilization, and stability

EE Calloway, LR Carpenter, T Gargano… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background In recent reviews of available measures, no existing measures assessed all
four pillars of food security and most only assessed one or two pillars–predominantly the …

Cook-EdTM: A Model for Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Cooking Programs to Improve Diet and Health

RC Asher, T Jakstas, JA Wolfson, AJ Rose, T Bucher… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Domestic cooking education programs are typically designed to improve an individual's food
and cooking skills, although not necessarily diet quality. Currently, there are no …

Examining nutrition and food waste trade-offs using an obesity prevention context

B Ellison, MP Prescott - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Obesity and food waste are related issues, both exacerbated by an overabundance of food.
Efforts to reduce food waste can have varying unintended, obesity-related consequences …

Barriers to preparing and cooking vegetables are associated with decreased home availability of vegetables in low-income households

MJ Landry, M Burgermaster, AE van Den Berg… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Knowing which barriers to buying and preparing/cooking vegetables at home are linked with
the home availability of vegetables and how food-security status impacts this relationship …

Identifying participants who would benefit the most from an adult food-literacy program

A Begley, E Paynter, LM Butcher, V Bobongie… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Food literacy programs aim to improve behaviours required to achieve a quality diet. The
objectives of this study were to assess the demographic, food literacy related and dietary …

Engaging with 'less affluent'communities for food system transformation: a community food researcher model (FoodSEqual project)

C Pettinger, L Hunt, H Gardiner, P Garg… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The UK food system is distorted by inequalities in access, failing the people most in need,
yet it should provide access to safe, nutritious affordable food for all citizens. Dietary patterns …