Food insecurity and food bank use: who is most at risk of severe food insecurity and who uses food banks?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify (1) who experiences food insecurity of differing severity and (2) who uses food banks in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; (3) whether the same groups experience food insecurity and use food banks; and (4) to explore country- and region-level differences in food insecurity and food bank use.

Design

This pooled cross-sectional study analysed the characteristics of adults experiencing food insecurity of differing severity using generalised ordinal logistic regression models and the characteristics of adults using food banks using logistic regression models, using data from three waves of the Food and You 2 surveys, 2021-2023.

Setting

England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Participants

18 557 adults.

Results

20·8 % of respondents exp

SUBMITTER: Garratt EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11505125 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature