Open AccessFood insecurity, food crimes and structural violence: an Australian perspective
Author(s) -
Booth Sue,
Pollard Christina Mary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/1753-6405.12977
Subject(s) - food insecurity , perspective (graphical) , environmental health , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , food security , criminology , medicine , geography , psychology , computer science , pathology , agriculture , archaeology , artificial intelligence
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 87 © 2020 The Authors The authors have stated the following conflict of interest: Dr Pollard is a Board Member of Foodbank WA. The views presented here are her own and do not reflect those of the organisations for which she works. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. Household food insecurity, when a person or household has inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial or other constraints, is a growing public health problem in most rich countries with developed economies, particularly where there is inequality.1 Food insecurity adversely impacts individuals and adds to societal burden due to lost productivity, avoidable healthcare expenditure and the cost of feeding families. Surprisingly, the prevalence and economic burden of food insecurity are not often reported in developed countries, including Australia, but costs in the US in 2011 were estimated at ~US$167.4 billion.2