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Research
Food Insecurity Is Associated With Higher Health Care Use And Costs Among Canadian Adults
This new study demonstrates that more severely food insecure adults have greater odds of acute care admission and having same-day surgery.
August 7, 2020
Commentary | Story
Food banks can’t adequately address COVID-19 food insecurity
A basic income, not expanded food charity, is critical as the pandemic plunges more Canadians into deprivation.
May 2, 2020
Commentary | Resource | Story
More Canadians are food insecure than ever before – and the problem is only getting worse
PROOF provides a long-awaited look into food insecurity in this country. Drawing on the 2017-18 CCHS, we found that 1 in 8 households were food insecure.
March 11, 2020
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Homeownership status and risk of food insecurity: examining the role of housing debt, housing expenditure and housing asset using a cross-sectional population-based survey of Canadian households
This study aimed to examine the influence of housing asset, debt and expenditure on the relationship between homeownership and food insecurity in Canada.
February 3, 2020
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Association between household food insecurity and mortality in Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study
Research drawing on a population-based sample of Canadian adults showed that those living in food-insecure households were more likely to die prematurely.
February 3, 2020
Research | Story
Money speaks: Reductions in severe food insecurity follow the Canada Child Benefit
The rate of severe food insecurity dropped by one-third among low-income families after the introduction of the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) in 2016.
November 8, 2019
Research
Prescription medication nonadherence associated with food insecurity: a population-based cross-sectional study
The more severe their household food insecurity is, the greater the probability that adults will fail to take medications as prescribed because of the cost.
September 25, 2019
Research
Household Food Insecurity in Ontario during a Period of Poverty Reduction, 2005–2014
We assessed changes in household food insecurity in Ontario after the introduction of the Ontario Child Benefit and the poverty reduction strategy.
February 22, 2019
Research
The Relationship Between Food Banks and Food Insecurity: Insights from Canada
Our new study assessed the relationship between food bank use and household food insecurity and examined the interrelation with food-insecure households’ use of other resource augmentation strategies.
January 31, 2019
Research
Household food insecurity narrows the sex gap in five adverse mental health outcomes among Canadian adults
Although the sex gap was observed among food secure men versus women, males and females reporting any level of food insecurity were equally likely to report adverse mental health outcomes.
January 24, 2019
