ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2018
Understanding the health and wellbeing challenges of the food banking system: A qualitative study of food bank users, providers and referrers in London.
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- The lived experience of food insecurity among adults with obesity: a quantitative and qualitative systematic review.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Children's nutritional health and wellbeing in food insecure households in Europe: A qualitative meta-ethnography.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- The nutritional quality of food parcels provided by food banks and the effectiveness of food banks at reducing food insecurity in developed countries: a mixed-method systematic review.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2022Pooled it
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- The effect of perceived responsibility on stigma toward people experiencing food insecurity and accessing food support: an experimental vignette study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Community Food Insecurity Interventions for Adults Living in the United Kingdom: A Scoping Review.Nutrition bulletin · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease Among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders on the Continent During COVID-19.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Nutritional adequacy of charitable food aid packages to the needs of different household-types: a case study in Spain.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- A mixed methods study exploring food insecurity and diet quality in households accessing food clubs in England.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Association between food security status and dietary patterns in a cohort of first-time food-aid users.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025Article
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- Towards measuring food insecurity stigma: development and validation of the Food Insecurity Self-stigma Scale and the Food Support Experiences Scale.BMC public health · 2024Article
- An exploration of community food pantries in Scotland: strategic and operational perspectives on addressing food insecurity and health inequalities.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Comorbid eating, depressive, and anxiety psychopathology is associated with elevated shame in women with food insecurity.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Financial adversity and subsequent health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: A qualitative interview study.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2023Article
- A UK-wide survey of healthcare professionals' awareness, knowledge and skills of the impact of food insecurity on eating disorder treatment.Eating behaviors · 2023Article
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Abstract
In the UK, food poverty has been associated with conditions such as obesity, malnutrition, hypertension, iron deficiency, and impaired liver function. Food banks, the primary response to food poverty on the ground, typically rely on community referral and distribution systems that involve health and social care professionals and local authority public health teams. The perspectives of these key stakeholders remain underexplored. This paper reports on a qualitative study of the health and wellbeing challenges of food poverty and food banking in London. An ethnographic investigation of food bank staff and users was carried out alongside a series of healthcare stakeholder interviews. A total of 42 participants were interviewed. A Critical Grounded Theory (CGT) analysis revealed that contemporary lived experiences of food poverty are embedded within and symptomatic of extreme marginalisation, which in turn impacts upon health. Specifically, food poverty was conceptualised by participants to: firstly, be a barrier to providing adequate care and nutrition for young children; secondly, be exacerbated by lack of access to adequate fresh food, food storage and cooking facilities; and thirdly, amplify existing health and social problems. Further investigation of the local government structures and professional roles that both rely upon and serve to further embed the food banking system is necessary in order to understand the politics of changing welfare landscapes.
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