Capturing food insecurity data and implications for business and policy.

IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Sinéad Furey
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Food insecurity (also known as food poverty) is the inability to afford or access a healthy diet. It has become recognised as a public health emergency and is a priority in the context of the environmental, geopolitical and socio-economic implications on businesses, households and civic society. This review paper aims to discuss the merits of collecting food insecurity data and its importance in informing cross-sectoral government and others' understanding, policymaking and action on hunger. The review paper's key findings are that concerted action on measuring and mapping food insecurity with the aim of eliminating or reducing its prevalence represents a triple win for government, business and citizens. However, measurement does not provide solutions to food insecurity but contributes importantly to understanding its extent and severity to inform and evaluate proffered solutions. Government, business and food insecurity researchers and commentators cannot merely continue to simply describe food poverty - but must effect meaningful change amidst our communities to improve life quality in a timely way for those experiencing acute and chronic hunger. This is best done by addressing the structural causes of food insecurity through economically, socially and culturally fair and appropriate policy levers, requiring cross-sectoral collaboration. Ultimately, food insecurity requires a long-term, sustainable solution that addresses the policy issues under focus: low income, under/unemployment, rising food prices and Welfare Reform, informed by routine, Government-supported monitoring and reporting of the extent of food poverty among our citizens.

获取粮食不安全数据及其对商业和政策的影响。
粮食不安全(也称为粮食贫困)是指无力负担或无法获得健康饮食。它已被公认为突发公共卫生事件,并且在对企业、家庭和民间社会产生环境、地缘政治和社会经济影响的背景下是一个优先事项。这篇综述论文旨在讨论收集粮食不安全数据的优点及其对跨部门政府和其他人对饥饿的理解、政策制定和行动提供信息的重要性。该审查文件的主要结论是,以消除或减少粮食不安全发生率为目标,采取协调一致的行动来衡量和绘制粮食不安全状况,对政府、企业和公民来说是三赢的。然而,测量并不能提供粮食不安全的解决方案,但对了解粮食不安全的程度和严重程度有重要贡献,从而为提供的解决方案提供信息和评估。政府、企业和粮食不安全研究人员和评论员不能继续简单地描述粮食贫困,而必须在我们的社区中产生有意义的变化,及时改善那些遭受急性和长期饥饿的人的生活质量。要做到这一点,最好是通过经济、社会和文化上公平和适当的政策手段解决粮食不安全的结构性原因,这需要跨部门合作。最终,粮食不安全需要一个长期、可持续的解决方案,解决当前关注的政策问题:低收入、失业、食品价格上涨和福利改革,并通过政府支持的对公民粮食贫困程度的定期监测和报告来提供信息。
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15.50
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190
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society publishes papers and abstracts presented by members and invited speakers at the scientific meetings of The Nutrition Society. The journal provides an invaluable record of the scientific research currently being undertaken, contributing to ''the scientific study of nutrition and its application to the maintenance of human and animal health.'' The journal is of interest to academics, researchers and clinical practice workers in both human and animal nutrition and related fields.
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