ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2022
Prevalence of food security in the UK measured by the Food Insecurity Experience Scale.
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- Social Vulnerability and Child Food Insecurity in Developed Countries: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Pooled it
- Association of Food Insecurity With Multiple Forms of Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled 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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- Household Food Insecurity Indicators in Rural Aotearoa New Zealand: Patterns, Protections, and Persistent Inequities.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2026Article
- Associations between food-related concerns, food security status, and food support use: a secondary analysis of the Food and You 2: Wave 6 dataset.Journal of nutritional science · 2026Article
- Associations of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale with Socioeconomic and Psychological Factors in Japan.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Exploring the associations between food security and multidimensional well-being under economic uncertainty: a cross-sectional study in Türkiye.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Validation and reliability of the Turkish version of the food insecurity experience scale (FIES) among adults.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Occurrence and predictors of food insecurity in a sample of pregnant women recruited from an Australian hospital.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2025Article
- Examining the health literacy and health behaviours of children aged 8-11 in Wales, UK.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Exploring the lived experience of economic insecurity and health among people accessing charity-run food provision services in Bristol, UK.Journal of biosocial science · 2025Article
- Prevalence of malnutrition among hospital admissions to English NHS hospitals over two economically constrained decades: evidence from routine health data.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Exploring the perspectives and experiences of food-insecure adults who are also tobacco dependent: a qualitative study in North East England.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- An exploration of community food pantries in Scotland: strategic and operational perspectives on addressing food insecurity and health inequalities.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Food insecurity and food bank use: who is most at risk of severe food insecurity and who uses food banks?Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- The role of diet in cancer: the potential of shaping public policy and clinical outcomes in the UK.Genes & nutrition · 2024Review
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- Increasing food insecurity severity is associated with lower diet quality.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundMeasurement of UK food insecurity has historically been inconsistent, making it difficult to understand trends. This study contributes by reporting and analysing data from a national survey conducted in line with UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recommendations and standard methods, providing an internationally comparable pre-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) snapshot of food insecurity.
methodsData came from a nationally representative 2019 UK sample (N = 2000) surveyed by Ipsos-Mori. Prevalence of food insecurity was assessed using the UN FAO Food Insecurity Experience Scale. Logistic regression was used to model food insecurity in relation to geographic and socio-demographic variables.
resultsSevere food insecurity was reported by 3% of the sample, an increase of 66.7% over the last directly comparable UK analysis (Gallup World Poll data from 2016 to 2018). Indication of some degree of food insecurity was reported by 14.2% of the sample and tended to be higher amongst younger age groups, those on lower incomes, and home renters (as opposed to owners). No geographic variables were significantly associated with food insecurity prevalence.
conclusionsThe finding that prevalence of severe food insecurity was already increasing before the COVID-19 pandemic, across all areas of the UK, is cause for concern. Our results provide an important benchmark for assessing the impact of COVID-19 on food insecurity.
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