Background: Women who live in disadvantaged circumstances in Canada exhibit dietary
intakes below recommended levels, but their children often do not. One reason for this …

Objective To examine the effects of hunger, an extreme manifestation of food insecurity, on
subsequent health outcomes using data from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of …

Analyses of cross-sectional population survey data in Canada and the United States have
indicated that household food insecurity is associated with poorer self-rated health and …

Geoffrey Rose's 1985 paper, Sick individuals and sick populations, continues to spark debate
and discussion. Since this original publication, there have been two notable challenges to …

Background Child hunger represents an adverse experience that could contribute to mental
health problems in later life. The objectives of this study were to: (1) examine the long-term …

Background: In Canada, hunger is believed to be rare. This study examined the prevalence
of hunger among Canadian children and the characteristics of, and coping strategies used by…

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 …

Food insecurity affects individuals’ dietary intakes, but there have been few direct examinations
of changes in individuals’ intakes in the context of declining resources. This study …

Background An estimated 6.9 million children die annually in low and middle-income
countries because of treatable illneses including pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria. To reduce …

In Canada hunger became a subject of investigation in the 1980s, when food banks began
to emerge and children's feeding programs in schools became more common. Even though …