What qualitative research can tell us about food and nutrition security in the UK and why we should pay attention to what it is telling us

The coping continuum and acts reciprocity – a qualitative enquiry about household coping with food insecurity in Victoria, Australia

(2023) Fiona H. McKay et al.   AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting corporate power, overcoming structural barriers, and accelerating progress

(2023) Phillip Baker et al.   LANCET

The Nutritional Quality of Food Parcels Provided by Foodbanks and the Effectiveness of Foodbanks at Reducing Food Insecurity in Developed Countries: A Mixed‐Method Systematic Review\

(2022) Oldroyd Lucy et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

Severe maternal hardships are associated with food insecurity among low-income/lower-income women during pregnancy: results from the 2012–2014 California maternal infant health assessment

(2022) Barbara A. Laraia et al.   BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Food aid charities fear the worst as the cost of living crisis takes hold

(2022) Sabine Goodwin   BMJ-British Medical Journal

The Orthodox and Unorthodox Food Acquisition Practices and Coping Strategies Used by Food Insecure Adults: A Scoping Review

(2022) Michelle Watson et al.   Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

Advancing Health Equity Efforts to Reduce Obesity: Changing the Course

(2022) Shiriki K. Kumanyika   Annual Review of Nutrition

Shining a light on marginal food insecurity in an understudied population

(2022) Angela D Liese   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Experiences of Food-Insecure Pregnant Women and Factors Influencing Their Food Choices

(2022) Julia Zinga et al.   MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL

Food Pantry Clients’ Needs, Preferences, and Recommendations for Food Pantries: A Qualitative Study

(2022) Christopher R. Long et al.   Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

Powerlessness, Gratitude, Shame, and Dignity: Emotional Experiences of Food Pantry Clients

(2022) Alexander E. C. Hill et al.   Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

Stigma and emergency and community food assistance: ‘But… beggars can’t be choosers’

(2022) Fiona H McKay et al.   Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Body Mass Index Among Adults in the USA

(2022) Elizabeth C. Koller et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

Newspaper media framing of obesity during pregnancy in the UK: A review and framework synthesis

(2022) Nicola Heslehurst et al.   Obesity Reviews

Experiences and perceptions of nutritional health and wellbeing amongst food insecure women in Europe: A qualitative meta-ethnography

(2022) Zoë Bell et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Moralization and Mismoralization in Public Health

(2022) Steven R. Kraaijeveld et al.   Medicine Health Care and Philosophy

Food insecurity among pregnant women living in high-income countries: a systematic review

(2022) Gemma Andreae et al.   LANCET

Parent Feeding Practices in the Context of Food Insecurity

(2021) Katherine R. Arlinghaus et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Prevalence of food security in the UK measured by the Food Insecurity Experience Scale

(2021) Ursula Pool et al.   JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

The role of foodbanks in the context of food insecurity: Experiences and eating behaviours amongst users

(2021) Sarah J. Hardcastle et al.   APPETITE

‘You run out of hope’: an exploration of low-income parents’ experiences with food insecurity using Photovoice

(2021) Payge Lindow et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

A critique of the English national policy from a social determinants of health perspective using a realist and problem representation approach: the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016, 2018, 2019)

(2021) Naomi Griffin et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Pathways by Which Food Insecurity Is Associated With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk

(2021) Deepak Palakshappa et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

The Experience of Caring for a Child with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in a Food Insecure Household: A Qualitative Evaluation

(2020) Catherine Cox et al.   Canadian Journal of Diabetes

A conceptual model for understanding the rapid COVID-19–related increase in food insecurity and its impact on health and healthcare

(2020) Anna M Leddy et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

A qualitative investigation of lived experiences of long-term health condition management with people who are food insecure

(2020) Flora Douglas et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Food agency in low-income households: A qualitative study of the structural and individual factors impacting participants in a community-based nutrition program

(2020) Molly Clark-Barol et al.   APPETITE

“I try, I do”: Child feeding practices of motivated, low-income parents reflect trade-offs between psychosocial and nutrition goals

(2019) Roseanne C. Schuster et al.   APPETITE

‘Eating to survive’: A qualitative analysis of factors influencing food choice and eating behaviour in a food-insecure population

(2019) Jo-Anne Puddephatt et al.   APPETITE

Remembering food insecurity: Low-income parents’ perspectives on childhood experiences and implications for measurement

(2018) Tracey L. Rosa et al.   APPETITE

The experiences and perceptions of food banks amongst users in high-income countries: An international scoping review

(2018) Georgia Middleton et al.   APPETITE

Food insecurity and breastfeeding

(2018) Meta van den Heuvel et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Food Insecurity, Food “Deserts,” and Glycemic Control in Patients With Diabetes: A Longitudinal Analysis

(2018) Seth A. Berkowitz et al.   DIABETES CARE

Understanding the health and wellbeing challenges of the food banking system: A qualitative study of food bank users, providers and referrers in London

(2018) C. Thompson et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Hidden hunger? Experiences of food insecurity amongst Pakistani and white British women

(2018) Maddy Power et al.   British Food Journal

The longitudinal relationship between food insecurity in older adults with diabetes and emergency department visits, hospitalizations, hemoglobin A1c, and medication adherence

(2018) Emily B. Schroeder et al.   JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS

“A Lot of People Are Struggling Privately. They Don’t Know Where to Go or They’re Not Sure of What to Do”: Frontline Service Provider Perspectives of the Nature of Household Food Insecurity in Scotland

(2018) Flora Douglas et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Are interventions to promote healthy eating equally effective for all? Systematic review of socioeconomic inequalities in impact

(2015) Rory McGill et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Association between household food insecurity and annual health care costs

(2015) Valerie Tarasuk et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

The food security continuum: a novel tool for understanding food insecurity as a range of experiences

(2015) Sheryl L. Hendriks   Food Security

The “dark side” of food banks? Exploring emotional responses of food bank receivers in the Netherlands

(2014) Hilje van der Horst et al.   British Food Journal

Exhaustion Of Food Budgets At Month’s End And Hospital Admissions For Hypoglycemia

(2014) Hilary K. Seligman et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Food Insecurity and Metabolic Control Among U.S. Adults With Diabetes

(2013) S. A. Berkowitz et al.   DIABETES CARE

Are Food Insecurity's Health Impacts Underestimated in the U.S. Population? Marginal Food Security Also Predicts Adverse Health Outcomes in Young U.S. Children and Mothers

(2013) John T. Cook et al.   Advances in Nutrition

Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease

(2013) Barbara A. Laraia   Advances in Nutrition

‘I know it's wrong, but . . .’: a qualitative investigation of low-income parents' feelings of guilt about their child-feeding practices

(2012) Melanie Pescud et al.   Maternal and Child Nutrition

Feeding her children, but risking her health: The intersection of gender, household food insecurity and obesity

(2011) Molly A. Martin et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

More of the same? Conflicting perspectives of obesity causation and intervention amongst overweight people, health professionals and policy makers

(2010) Joe Greener et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health

(2008) Michael Marmot et al.   LANCET