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Food Deserts and Food Insecurity in the UK

Dianna Smith | Claire Thompson
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Experience Food Insecurity
Family Resource Survey
Food Access
Food Access Studies
Food Aid
Food Aid System
Food Bank Service
Food Banks
Food Deserts
Food Environment
Food Insecurity
Food Poverty
local community food security research
Local Food Environments
Lower Super Output Areas
People Experiencing Food Insecurity
poverty measurement tools
public health nutrition
qualitative research methods
Retail Food Environment
rural food access
SDH
Snap
social determinants of health
spatial inequality analysis
Spatial Interaction Models
Thrifty Food Plan
Welfare Reform
WIC Voucher

Product details

  • ISBN 9781032026770
  • Weight: 170g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 27 May 2024
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines the social inequalities relating to food insecurity in the UK, as well as drawing parallels with the US.

Access to food in the UK, and especially access to healthy food, is a constant source of worry for many in this wealthy country. Crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have coincided with a steep rise in the cost of living, meaning household food insecurity has become a reality for many more households. This book introduces a new framework to examine the many influences on local-level food inequalities, whether they result from individual circumstances or where a person lives. The framework will allow researchers new to the field to consider the many influences on food security, and to support emerging research around different sub-topics of food access and food security. Providing a thorough background to two key concepts, food deserts and food insecurity, the book documents the transition from area-based framing of food resources, to approaches which focus on household food poverty and the rise of food banks. The book invites researchers to acknowledge and explore the ever changing range of place-based factors that shape experiences of food insecurity: from transport and employment to rural isolation and local politics. By proposing a new framework for food insecurity research and by drawing on real-world examples, this book will support academic and applied researchers as they work to understand and mitigate the impacts of food insecurity in local communities.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food and nutrition security, public health, and sociology. It will also appeal to food policy professionals and policymakers who are working to address social inequalities and improve access to healthy and nutritious food for all.
About Claire Thompson | Dianna Smith

Dianna Smith is an Associate Professor in the School of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Southampton, UK.

Claire Thompson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Health and Social Work at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.

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