Going hungry in Australia?
Food security is defined as access by all people at all times to sufficient food for an active, healthy life. Food insecurity occurs not only in under-developed and developing countries, but also in developed nations such as Australia. The inconsistency of measurement techniques and administratio...
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Nutrition Society of Malaysia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/65521/1/2009%20-%20Wan%20Azdie%2C%20Yeatman%2C%20Condon-paoloni%20-%20Going%20Hungry%20in%20Australia%20-%20Malaysian%20Journal%20of%20Nutrition.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/65521/ http://nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn0015_2/supplement.pdf |
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| Summary: | Food security is defined as access by all people at all times to sufficient food for an active,
healthy life. Food insecurity occurs not only in under-developed and developing countries, but
also in developed nations such as Australia. The inconsistency of measurement techniques and
administration has limited the efforts to gain a better understanding of food insecurity problems
in Australia. Analysis of data from recent health surveys which included indicators of this problem
has demonstrated that food insecurity is becoming a significant public health issue. In the 1995
National Health & Nutrition Survey, 5.0% of the surveyed population indicated that they were
having food insecurity problems. Increasing in number, 6.2% affirmative responses were received
in the 2001 and 2005 National Health Surveys. More people in 2005 (39.9%) went without food
when they could not afford it. People with food insecure status also have a significantly different
(p<0.001) fruit and vegetable intake, BMI, as well as poor indicators of psychological wellbeing,
such as a sense of feeling hopeless and depressed. Hence, a well validated measurement and
effective monitoring system is necessary for developing policies and programmes to address food
insecurity issues. |
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