Understanding food insecurity risk in the United States: A longitudinal analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food insecurity, lack of consistent access to the food needed for an active, healthy life, harms population health. Although substantial biomedical evidence examines the connections between food insecurity and health, fewer studies examine why food insecurity occurs.

Methods

We propose a conceptual understanding of food insecurity risk based on institutions that distribute income-the factor payment system (income distribution stemming from paid labor and asset ownership), transfers within households, and the government tax-and-transfer system. A key feature of our understanding is 'roles' individuals inhabit in relation to the factor payment system: child, older adult, disabled working-age adult, student, unemployed individual, caregiver, or paid laborer. A second

SUBMITTER: Berkowitz SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10753081 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature