Through the 1980s and 90s, food scarcity and food deprivation came to be recognized as
problems among the poor in many affluent western nations. Variously referred to as hunger, …

The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) outcome measure was developed
to evaluate disability and symptoms in single or multiple disorders of the upper limb at one …

The purposes of this study were to estimate the prevalence of household food insufficiency
in Canada, to identify sociodemographic characteristics of households most likely to report …

Recent reports have asserted that, because of energy underreporting, dietary self-report data
suffer from measurement error so great that findings that rely on them are of no value. This …

Objectives:To compare food expenditure patterns between low-income households and
higher- income households in the Canadian population, and to examine the relationship …

Background Household food insecurity is a potent social determinant of health and health
care costs in Canada, but understanding of the social and economic conditions that underlie …

In the absence of targeted public policy to address household food insecurity in Canada,
food banks remain the dominant response, despite questions about their effectiveness. …

Household food insecurity constrains food selection, but whether the dietary compromises
associated with this problem heighten the risk of nutrient inadequacies is unclear. The …

Drawing on data for 54,000 households from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Income Survey (CIS)
conducted in 2021, we found a disturbingly high rate of household food insecurity. By …

This study investigated food intake patterns and contextual factors related to household food
insecurity with hunger among a sample of 153 women in families seeking charitable food …