FRHD 3090 Chapter Notes -Canadian Medical Association Journal, Food Security

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3090
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

Egeland et al. , food insecurity among inuit preschoolers: nunavut inuit child health survey, 2007-8. This article is basically about a group of researchers who are looking at rates of food insecurity among the unit households with preschool children. They are going into this research with the assumption that there are high rates of food insecurity among preschool children on nunavut. 10% of canadians were living in households identified as food insecure. 21% of households in the yukon territory, 28% of those in the northwest. Cross-sectional survey of the health status of 388 randomly selected inuit children aged three to five years. Participants from16 nunavut communities during the period from 2007 to 2008. 6 or more affirmative response= severely food insecure (evidence of low food intake and disrupted eating patterns) 70% of inuit preschoolers resided in households rated as food insecure: aka both adults and children in a household were rated as having a food secure status.