What is food security?
In general terms, what is food security?
food security means that all people have consistent access to enough safe and nutritious food to lead healthy lives
What does it mean to be food secure?
Individuals constantly have enough food available, along with the resources that are needed to access, obtain, and use food over time.
Name 2 physical impacts (diseases & conditions)
Poor oral health, injuries, heart diseases, hypertension, arthritis, back problems, chronic pain, etc
Availability, accessibility, adequacy, acceptability, sustainability
What does it mean to be food insecure?
Not having the ability to acquire nutritious and safe food.
How much percentage of adults living in severely food-insecure households avoid their prescription medications?
50%/half
What does food acceptability refer to?
how willing people are to consume the food.
What are the five levels of food insecurity?
Non/minimal food insecurity, stress, crisis, emergency, catastrophe
How to lower the chances of mental health disorders in terms of food security?
Improve food security. The more sever food insecurity is, the worse the conditions may be.