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Growth in UK children living in households with food insecurity
Rachel Loopstra, senior lecturer in public health Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK rachel.loopstra{at}liverpool.ac.uk These children are at risk of poor physical, emotional, mental, and social outcomes In March 2024, the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reported new data on household food insecurity for 2022-23 as part of its official statistics on poverty.1 Food insecurity, as measured by routinely used survey instruments, is...
Working‐age adults using food banks in England have significantly poorer health and higher rates of mental health conditions than adults in the general population: A cross‐sectional quantitative study
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Sin Loh, Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK Search for more papers by this author Annemarie Knight, Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK Search for more papers by this author Rachel Loopstra, Corresponding Author rachel.loopstra@kcl.ac.uk orcid.org/0000-0002-7541-6209 Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK *Correspondence Rachel Loopstra, Department of Nutritional Sciences,...
The growing disconnect between food prices and wages in Europe: cross-national analysis of food deprivation and welfare regimes in twenty-one EU countries, 2004-2012 | Public Health Nutrition | Cambridge Core
Cited by 18 Crossref Citations This article has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by CrossRef. Logan, Alan and Prescott, Susan 2017. Astrofood, Priorities and Pandemics: Reflections of an Ultra-Processed Breakfast Program and Contemporary Dysbiotic Drift. Challenges, Vol. 8, Issue. 2, p. 24. CrossRef Google Scholar Erokhin, Vasilii 2017.
Researchers receive grant to monitor responses to COVID-19 food insecurity crisis
A team of researchers, led by Dr Rachel Loopstra from the School of Life Course Sciences, along with colleagues at the University of Sheffield, have been awarded a ESRC grant to explore the handling of increased food insecurity in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. A significant proportion of people in the UK face food insecurity annually and this is estimated to have quadrupled throughout the COVID-19 outbreak.
Liberal trade policy and food insecurity across the income distribution: an observational analysis in 132 countries, 2014-17
Research in context Evidence before this study We searched Scopus, Google Scholar, and PubMed for studies published in English up to Dec 18, 2018, investigating the relationship between liberal trade policy and food insecurity using the search terms “trade policy”, “trade reforms”, “trade liberalization”, “nutrition”, “food security”, and “food insecurity” applied to keywords, abstracts, and titles.
New PhD studentship on mental health in the UK now available
The Centre for Society & Mental Health is proud to announce a new PhD studentship opportunity. This studentship aligns with the research areas of faculty in the centre and is affiliated with The London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP).
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults Rachel Loopstra1, Aaron Reeves2,3, Valerie Tarasuk4 1 Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK 2 Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 3 International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK 4 Department of Nutritional...
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults Rachel Loopstra1, Aaron Reeves2,3, Valerie Tarasuk4 1 Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK 2 Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 3 International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK 4 Department of Nutritional...
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults Free Rachel Loopstra1, Aaron Reeves2,3, Valerie Tarasuk4 1 Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK 2 Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 3 International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK 4 Department of Nutritional...
The Housing Situations of Food Bank Users in Great Britain
Adcock, A. and Wilson, W. (2016) Can Private Landlords Refuse to Let to Housing Benefit Claimants? London: House of Commons Library. All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger and Food Poverty (2014) Feeding Britain: A Strategy for Zero Hunger in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, London: The Children’s Society. Baggett, T. P., Singer, D. E., Rao, S. R., O’Connell, J. J., Bharel, M. and Rigotti, N. A.
People who use food banks live in substandard and unaffordable homes - new study
Trussell Trust's food banks are run by volunteers and rely on food donations from members of the public(Photo: The Trussell Trust) Once relatively unheard of in the UK, the number of food banks has grown dramatically in recent years. The Trussell Trust, which runs the country's largest network of food banks, saw the number of food parcels it distributed increase from 61,500 in 2010-11 to 1.33m by 2017-18 – a 21-fold increase.
People who use food banks live in substandard and unaffordable homes - new study
Once relatively unheard of in the UK, the number of food banks has grown dramatically in recent years. The Trussell Trust, which runs the country’s largest network of food banks, saw the number of food parcels it distributed increase from 61,500 in 2010-11 to 1.33m by 2017-18 – a 21-fold increase. The cause of this increase has been hotly debated, but evidence suggests that austerity and changes to social security have played a significant role.
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults Rachel Loopstra1, Aaron Reeves2,3, Valerie Tarasuk4 1Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK 2Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 3International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK 4Department of Nutritional Sciences,...
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults Free Rachel Loopstra1, Aaron Reeves2,3, Valerie Tarasuk4 1Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK 2Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 3International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK 4Department of Nutritional...
Does sanctioning of benefit claimants drive them to need help from food banks?
In 2013, the proportion of benefit claimants being sanctioned reached record levels. Over 6% of jobseekers were having their out-of-work benefit payments stopped each month for a minimum of four weeks, and many more were going without payment while their decisions were under appeal.
‘Set up to Fail’? How Welfare Conditionality Undermines Citizenship for Vulnerable Groups
Underpinned by the assumption that unemployed persons are passive recipients of social security, recent welfare reforms have increased benefit conditionality in the UK and introduced harsher penalties for failure to meet these conditions. Yet, conditionality may result in vulnerable groups disproportionately experiencing disentitlement from benefits, one of the rights of social citizenship, because they are, in some cases, less able to meet these conditions.
The impact of economic downturns and budget cuts on homelessness claim rates across 323 local authorities in England, 2004-12
Background It is unclear why rates of homelessness claims in England have risen since 2010. We used variations in rates across local authorities to test the impact of economic downturns and budget cuts. Methods Using cross-area fixed effects models of data from 323 UK local authorities between 2004 and 2012, we evaluated associations of changes in statutory homelessness rates with economic activity (Gross Value Added per capita), unemployment, and local and central government expenditure.
Austerity and old-age mortality in England: a longitudinal cross-local area analysis, 2007-2013
Objective There has been significant concern that austerity measures have negatively impacted health in the UK. We examined whether budgetary reductions in Pension Credit and social care have been associated with recent rises in mortality rates among pensioners aged 85 years and over. Results Between 2007 and 2013, each 1% decline in Pension Credit spending (support for low income pensioners) per beneficiary was associated with an increase in 0.68% in old-age mortality (95% CI: 0.41 to 0.95).
J Pub Health
Conclusions Recession and austerity measures are associated with significant increases in rates of homelessness assistance. These findings likely understate the full burden of homelessness as they only capture those who seek aid. Future research is needed to investigate what is happening to vulnerable groups who may not obtain assistance, including those with mental health problems and rough sleepers.
Food bank use is on the rise, with austerity the clear culprit
Foodbank use in the UK has topped one million for the first time, according to new figures from the Trussell Trust. The charity that oversees more than 400 food banks across the country has recorded a 19% rise in the number of food parcels being given out to families in need. Contrary to what some members of the outgoing coalition government would assert – including David Cameron recently – the growth in food banks is linked to austerity.
Austerity, sanctions, and the rise of food banks in the UK
In the spring of 2014 the Trussell Trust, a non-governmental organisation that coordinates food banks in the United Kingdom, reported that it had distributed emergency food parcels to 913 138 children and adults across the UK in the previous year—seven times more than in 2011-12.1 In 2009-10 Trussell Trust food banks were operating in 29 local authorities across the UK; by 2013-14, the number had jumped to 251 (fig 1⇓).
Food banks, welfare, and food insecurity in Canada
Abstract Purpose Similar to the recent emergence of food banks in other affluent nations, the genesis and ultimate entrenchment of food banks in Canada has been tightly intertwined with the dismantling of the welfare state. Through an examination of Canadian data, the authors elucidate the implications of entrenching voluntary, extra-governmental, charitable food assistance programs as an adjunct to publicly funded social assistance programs. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
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