Association between household food insecurity and annual health care costs

V Tarasuk, J Cheng, C De Oliveira, N Dachner… - Cmaj, 2015 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Household food insecurity, a measure of income-related problems of food
access, is growing in Canada and is tightly linked to poorer health status. We examined the …

Geographic and socio-demographic predictors of household food insecurity in Canada, 2011–12

V Tarasuk, AA Fafard St-Germain, A Mitchell - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background Household food insecurity is a potent social determinant of health and health
care costs in Canada, but understanding of the social and economic conditions that underlie …

[HTML][HTML] The household food insecurity gradient and potential reductions in adverse population mental health outcomes in Canadian adults

G Jessiman-Perreault, L McIntyre - SSM-population health, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Household food insecurity is related to poor mental health. This study examines
whether the level of household food insecurity is associated with a gradient in the risk of …

Reduction of food insecurity among low-income Canadian seniors as a likely impact of a guaranteed annual income

L McIntyre, DJ Dutton, C Kwok… - Canadian Public …, 2016 - utpjournals.press
Canada has episodically discussed guaranteed annual income (GAI) as a poverty reduction
strategy, and the idea has garnered renewed attention. We investigate the potential …

The impact of novel and traditional food bank approaches on food insecurity: a longitudinal study in Ottawa, Canada

A Rizvi, R Wasfi, A Enns, E Kristjansson - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Food insecurity is strongly associated with poor mental and physical health,
especially with chronic diseases. Food banks have become the primary long-term solution to …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of changes in social policies on household food insecurity in British Columbia, 2005–2012

N Li, N Dachner, V Tarasuk - Preventive medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
As concerns about food insecurity in high income countries grow, there is a need to better
understand the impact of social policy decisions on this problem. In Canada, provincial …

Prevalence and predictors of food insecurity among older people in Canada

J Leroux, K Morrison, M Rosenberg - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: Food insecurity research has been mainly examined among young people.
The root causes of food insecurity are closely linked to poverty, and social policies and …

Food security at whose expense? A critique of the Canadian temporary farm labour migration regime and proposals for change

AM Weiler, J McLaughlin, DC Cole - International Migration, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Temporary farm labour migration schemes in Canada have been justified on the premise
that they bolster food security for Canadians by addressing agricultural labour shortages …

Racial/ethnic disparities in food pantry use and barriers in Massachusetts during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

JP Marriott, L Fiechtner, NW Birk, D Taitelbaum… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study sought to describe racial disparities in food insecurity, food pantry use, and
barriers to and experiences with food pantries during the first year of the COVID-19 …

Adults' food skills and use of gardens are not associated with household food insecurity in Canada

A Huisken, SK Orr, V Tarasuk - Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2016 - Springer
OBJECTIVES: To determine the extent to which Canadian adults' food preparation and
cooking skills and use of home or community gardens relate to their household food …