Abstract
The causes of food insecurity lay largely outside the influence of the health sector, but the health consequences are serious and substantial. Food insecurity is associated with expensive and avoidable social and chronic disease burden including overweight, obesity, diet‐related disease and mental illness in adults, and poor growth and development, dental caries, socioemotional impairment and behavioural issues in children.3, 4 Not only is the experience of being food insecure traumatic, but it is also often accompanied by other poverty‐related stressors that amplify its effect.5 Given the costs and detrimental public health impact, what action is being undertaken to prevent food insecurity and protect public health in Australia?
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 87-88 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2020 |
Bibliographical note
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.Keywords
- Australian Food Security Policy
- Public Health Association of Australia
- Household food insecurity
