food insecurity

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00:55 Aug 17, 2020
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Social Sciences - Nutrition
Additional field(s): Food & Drink, Government / Politics, Nutrition, Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: food insecurity
Definition from Cambridge Blog:
The state of not being able to afford to buy enough food to stay healthy.

Example sentence(s):
  • Racial and ethnic disparities exist related to food insecurity. In 2016, black non-Hispanic households were nearly 2 times more likely to be food insecure than the national average (22.5% versus 12.3%, respectively). Among Hispanic households, the prevalence of food insecurity was 18.5% compared to the national average (12.3%) Healthy People
  • The Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations provides a common measure of food insecurity that can be used to track and study food insecurity around the world. USDA ERS
  • Keep in mind that low body weight isn’t necessarily a tell-tale sign, as food insecurity is often linked to obesity. Inter-Mountain Healthcare
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5食料不安
Kayoko Kimura


  

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食料不安


Definition from Food for Life Global:
「食料不安」とは人々が十分な量の健康食品にアクセスできない状態。より具体的には、お金や他のリソースの不足により、十分な栄養価があり、手頃な価格で、文化的に適切な食品に一貫してアクセスできないこと。

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Kayoko Kimura
United States
Local time: 04:09
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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