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Food Security Shifting Narratives - Coggle Diagram
Food Security Shifting Narratives
Food Insecurity
Household food insecurity (HFI) occurs when external factors outside individual control limit access to enough nourishing food
Impacts all aspects of health
mental health
social health
physical health
Emotional wellbeing
indicator of material deprivation that compromises basic needs beyond just food
healthcare costs higher for food insecure houeholds
HFI increasing in Canada
2019-2023 proportion of people in BC experiencing HFI went from 16% to 22%
Increasing severity of HFI
Canada 2023 and 2024 % of people living in severely HFI >from 6.0% to 6.7%. while the % of people living in moderately HFI > from 10.9% to 12.4%.
Income issue
Income and affordability pressures highly influence experience of food insecurity
Disproportionately affects
Black communities
Indigenous communities
lower-income groups
new-immigrants
households with children
female lone-parent families
Health outcomes related to HFI
Birth and maternal
negative health impacts to mother and baby due to poor nutrition in pregnancy
risk birth defects
Impacts on infant feeding behaviors and sustainability of breastfeeding
Child development
poorer general health outcomes
impacts on early life growth and development
poorer academic outcomes and social skills
Iron deficiency anemia linked to the subsequent development of a variety of
chronic conditions, including asthma and depression
Health status and chronic conditions
Impacts on the quality and quantity of women’s food intake due to lower incomes
Higher levels of poor or fair self-rated health, diabetes, heart disease, high blood
pressure, food allergies and mental health outcomes
Barriers to chronic disease management, increasing the likelihood of adverse
outcomes
Contributing factors
Economic
Inadequate income to afford
food or the means to acquire
food (e.g., hunting/fishing
supplies)
Housing status (e.g., security
of tenure)
Environmental
Climate change
Contamination of land and
water
Unsustainable agricultural
practices
Social
Colonization and systemic
discrimination that excludes
specific social identities
Geographical
Unstable food supply chains
High food and transportation
costs in remote areas
Food Security
Equitable access to affordable,
culturally preferable, nutritious
and safe food
Agency to participate and influence food system
Food systems resilient to outside stressors
Socially just
Human rights, fair treatment,
and equal opportunities for
everyone to participate in the
food system and benefit from it
Ecologically sustainable
Adoption of practices that reduce
GHGs and prepare for, and adapt to, the
changing climate
Indigenous
food sovereignty
essential to addressing food
security and food insecurity
Dominant Narrative- focused on dominant biomedical and lifestyle health paradigm
Food security can be solved with food access programs
Community kitchens and gardens help people who are food insecure
Food rescue programs can increase food security
Food banks and charity programs continue to be funded by provincial and federal governments as a means to solve food insecurity.
Food insecurity and nutrition issues are a result of lack of willpower and knowledge
Teaching people to budget, shop and cook will solve food insecurity
Changing Narrative - social determinants of health perspective
Food security is complex
Systems change required
Requires collaborative coordinated approached across sectors
Stable income and employment opportunities
affordable housing
Income solutions across lifespan
Evidence based interventions
Canada child benefit
Old age security