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 …

Drawing on data for 54,000 households from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Income Survey (CIS)
conducted in 2021, we found a disturbingly high rate of household food insecurity. By …

BACKGROUND: Household food insecurity, a measure of income-related problems of food
access, is a pressing public health problem in Canada’s North, especially in Nunavut. We …

Food banks have become the first line of response to problems of hunger and food insecurity
in affluent nations. Although originating in the USA, food banks are now well established in …

Background Household food insecurity is a potent marker of material deprivation with adverse
health consequences. Studies have repeatedly found a strong, independent relationship …

ObjectiveFood insecurity is a potent determinant of health and indicator of material deprivation
in many affluent countries. Food insecurity is associated with compromises in food and …

Introduction Food insecurity—the inadequate access to food due to financial constraints—affects
1 in 6 households in Canada, with serious health implications. Family benefit programs …

Background Studies in low- and middle-income regions suggest that child marriage (<18
years) is a risk factor for poor reproductive outcomes among women. However, in high-income-…

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and severity of household food insecurity and
examine household material circumstances related to food insecurity in a sample of renter …

Background The results of several recent campus-based studies indicate that over half of
post-secondary students in Canada are food insecure, but the vulnerability of this group has …