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An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?

Food Insecurity and Health Inequities. An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?. Jennifer TayloR Department of Applied Human Sciences Mar 11, 2014. Outline. 1. A Sad State of Affairs 2. Why are Islanders struggling to put food on the table? 3. Health inequities and food insecurity

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An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?

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  1. Food Insecurity and Health Inequities An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away? Jennifer TayloR Department of Applied Human Sciences Mar 11, 2014

  2. Outline • 1. A Sad State of Affairs • 2. Why are Islanders struggling to put food on the table? • 3. Health inequities and food insecurity • 4. What can we do?

  3. 1. A Sad State of Affairs

  4. Food Insecurity inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints

  5. Global

  6. National Regional Local

  7. Household http://nutritionalsciences.lamp.utoronto.ca/

  8. http://nutritionalsciences.lamp.utoronto.ca/

  9. Atlantic Provinces worst in country-except for territories, Nunavut

  10. Tarasuk et al. http://nutritionalsciences.lamp.utoronto.ca/

  11. 2. Why are so many Islanders struggling to put food on the table?

  12. In canada, The majority of food insecure households are working Tarasuk et al. http://nutritionalsciences.lamp.utoronto.ca/

  13. ! Tarasuk et al. http://nutritionalsciences.lamp.utoronto.ca/

  14. Rising costs steal grocery $ • Housing • Heating costs • Prescription drugs • Childcare • Transportation

  15. Healthier diets cost $1.48/person/ day more Family of 3: $133/month MORE

  16. PEI Food Bank and Food Costing Study • Food costing in Charlottetown grocery stores • Same method as 2005 (last time!) • Charlottetown Food Bank clients • 51 mothers • Food insecurity rates? • Dietary intakes? • Which factors buffer impact of food insecurity? • Data collection complete by September • Report release in 2014 • Taylor, Walton, Oickle,Yeudall

  17. Food prices have escalated Walton, C, Taylor, J, Oickle, J. Prince Edward Island Pilot Food Costing Report . University of Prince Edward Island, 2013

  18. Monthly Deficits Walton, C, Taylor, J, Oickle, J. Prince Edward Island Pilot Food Costing Report University of Prince Edward Island, 2013

  19. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2012/11/14/pei-gettingby2-f-food-584.htmlhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2012/11/14/pei-gettingby2-f-food-584.html

  20. 3. Health inequities and food insecurity Health Inequities: unfair and unjust differences in health status

  21. Nutrition Qualitative compromises in food selection Quantitative compromises in food intake, hunger Dietary inadequacies Tarasuk, V

  22. Nutrition MORE

  23. Nutrition LESS

  24. disease • Higher rates of diabetes, heart disease • Depression • Children: more illness, medications • More obesity • Conflicting evidence http://www.cwhn.ca/en/networkmagazine/foodinsecurity

  25. “Hunger Overweight Paradox” http://www.bitchinnutrition.com/food-for-thought/the-hunger-and-overweight-paradox/

  26. Mental Health

  27. Mental health

  28. Self reported poor health • Depression • Anxiety • Suicide • Migraines • Iron Deficiencies • Hospitalizations • Upper gastrointestinal disorders • Colds Direct Costs Emergency Care Primary care physician expenses $130.5 Billion Specialist Care Other health professional care Medications Counseling Hospitalization Home care Rehabilitation Terminal care

  29. Education and Literacy • Children K to Gr 3 with food stamp participation reading and math scores by 3 points • Hungry children twice as likely to have repeated a grade

  30. Failing to ensure the ‘right to food’: Too high a price • Health care • Mental health • Education • Productivity • Quality of life

  31. 4. What can we do?

  32. Food banks and soup kitchens: emergency charity responses

  33. Community Kitchens http://www.foodbankscanada.ca/About-Us/Programs/Community-Kitchen-Fund.aspx http://www.freshchoicekitchens.ca/

  34. Community GardenS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RSn9d9pMN8

  35. Food boxes, CSA,Co-ops

  36. Evaluation

  37. http://sustainontario.com/resources/food-charters

  38. http://peoplesfoodpolicy.ca/policy/resetting-table-peoples-food-policy-canadahttp://peoplesfoodpolicy.ca/policy/resetting-table-peoples-food-policy-canada

  39. Addressing Social and economic determinants must be a key focus http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/nutrition/reviews/other-reviews

  40. Action Needed.

  41. If we want to see improvements in • Eating habits • Heart disease • Cancer • Obesity • Children’s school performance • Mental health We need to address the root cause: food insecurity

  42. The right the right to to good food good health

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