HLTH260 Final: 9- Food
6 Aug 2015
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Attributes of food that determine population health: availability, quality, affordability. Peer pressure, norms, behavioural impact (social network) Healthy food costs: current trends, housing costs increasing, food costs increasing, incomes decreasing. The inability to acquire or consume an adequate diet quality or sufficient quantity of food in socially acceptable ways, or the uncertainty that one will be able to do so . Adults and children of all ages in food-insecure households consumed fewer servings of fruits and vegetables and milk products compared to those in food secure households. Fewer differences in consumption of meat and alternatives and grain products by household food-security status. Lower intake of most vitamins and minerals. Food insecurity in higher income countries, results from social conditions and policies that limit the resources available to a household to purchase adequate, nutritious food. Qualitative compromises in food selection and consumption. Typically measured using body mass index (bmi) Low income = higher probability of obesity (women)
