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Poverty, disadvantage and food insecurity

Croxford, Sharon
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Croxford, Sharon
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Book: Nutritional requirements vary greatly according to age and lifestyle. This evidence-based, comprehensive text is a complete guide to eating habits across age and population groups. It provides the recommendations for intakes of nutrients and foods, and diet to achieve optimum health.Chapters systematically examine the nutritional issues for individuals from preconception, pregnancy and breastfeeding through to adulthood and old age. The text features an overview of dietary patterns by age group based on national scientific survey data together with the latest recommendations for optimum nutrition to maintain well-being and address specific health concerns. The final section examines nutrition issues for specific populations including indigenous groups, athletes and the disadvantaged. Throughout the text, key points are illustrated by case studies and the reader's knowledge is tested via quizzes and study questions.With chapters from leading nutrition researchers and educators in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, this is an excellent introduction to nutrition through the lifespan. Chapter: Education, employment, income and health are linked to disadvantage. Poverty and food insecurity arise from disadvantage, and the more disadvantaged a person, the more likely they are to have health problems. This chapter looks at disadvantage, poverty, food insecurity and health and introduces the reader to some policy and practice approaches to tackling some of the problems.
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disadvantage, income poverty, relative poverty, health, food insecurity
Date
2015
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Book chapter
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Food and Nutrition Throughout Life: A comprehensive overview of food and nutrition in all stages of life
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317-325
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School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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National School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14802/29288
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Editorial arrangement copyright © Sharon Croxford, Catherine Itsiopoulos, Adrienne Forsyth, Regina Belski, Antonia Thodis, Sue Shepherd and Audrey Tierney, 2015. Copyright in individual chapters remains with the authors. All rights reserved.