Going hungry in Australia?

Food security is defined as access by all people at all times to sufficient food for an active, healthy life. Food insecurity occurs not only in under-developed and developing countries, but also in developed nations such as Australia. The inconsistency of measurement techniques and administratio...

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Main Author:	Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2009
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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spelling	iium-655212018-09-19T01:00:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65521/ Going hungry in Australia? Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Food security is defined as access by all people at all times to sufficient food for an active, healthy life. Food insecurity occurs not only in under-developed and developing countries, but also in developed nations such as Australia. The inconsistency of measurement techniques and administration has limited the efforts to gain a better understanding of food insecurity problems in Australia. Analysis of data from recent health surveys which included indicators of this problem has demonstrated that food insecurity is becoming a significant public health issue. In the 1995 National Health & Nutrition Survey, 5.0% of the surveyed population indicated that they were having food insecurity problems. Increasing in number, 6.2% affirmative responses were received in the 2001 and 2005 National Health Surveys. More people in 2005 (39.9%) went without food when they could not afford it. People with food insecure status also have a significantly different (p<0.001) fruit and vegetable intake, BMI, as well as poor indicators of psychological wellbeing, such as a sense of feeling hopeless and depressed. Hence, a well validated measurement and effective monitoring system is necessary for developing policies and programmes to address food insecurity issues. Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65521/1/2009%20-%20Wan%20Azdie%2C%20Yeatman%2C%20Condon-paoloni%20-%20Going%20Hungry%20in%20Australia%20-%20Malaysian%20Journal%20of%20Nutrition.pdf Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie (2009) Going hungry in Australia? Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 15 (2 Supplement). S36-S36. ISSN 1394-035X http://nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn0015_2/supplement.pdf
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description	Food security is defined as access by all people at all times to sufficient food for an active, healthy life. Food insecurity occurs not only in under-developed and developing countries, but also in developed nations such as Australia. The inconsistency of measurement techniques and administration has limited the efforts to gain a better understanding of food insecurity problems in Australia. Analysis of data from recent health surveys which included indicators of this problem has demonstrated that food insecurity is becoming a significant public health issue. In the 1995 National Health & Nutrition Survey, 5.0% of the surveyed population indicated that they were having food insecurity problems. Increasing in number, 6.2% affirmative responses were received in the 2001 and 2005 National Health Surveys. More people in 2005 (39.9%) went without food when they could not afford it. People with food insecure status also have a significantly different (p<0.001) fruit and vegetable intake, BMI, as well as poor indicators of psychological wellbeing, such as a sense of feeling hopeless and depressed. Hence, a well validated measurement and effective monitoring system is necessary for developing policies and programmes to address food insecurity issues.
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title	Going hungry in Australia?
title_short	Going hungry in Australia?
title_full	Going hungry in Australia?
title_fullStr	Going hungry in Australia?
title_full_unstemmed	Going hungry in Australia?
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