Household-level income-related food insecurity is less prevalent in Canada than in the United States

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-35

  Nord, Mark ^a   Hooper, Michelle D ^b   Hopwood, Heather ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Food security; Household food security; Hunger; Measuring food security

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70849095479     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320240802163498     Document Type: Article

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