Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Poverty Reduction, Food Bank, Amartya Sen
3 Sep 2018
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Need to take severe measure and change diet to combat diabetes. Not possible to take these measures when your food comes from a food bank. If you cannot access food you need it will impact others in your household. I forgot my lunch is social cover for having no lunch. 2/3 of food insecure in ontario are working. Many might not have insurance and automatic drug coverage for everything you need. 3 part time jobs that don"t pay enough. Universal declaration of human"s rights everyone has right to basic needs, leading dignified existence need to have food security. Snap advantages: lifeline for many people, can measure how many people are becoming food insecure by using it, 15-37% reduction, 1$ snap benefit 1. 80% economic activity, better job insecurity, economic stimulus. Solutions: food insecure people who access their pension at 65 fi cut in half, subsidizing food for northern and rural communities" poverty reduction.
