Food Insecurity Research in the United States
Where We Have Been and Where We Need to Go
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23316613 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig Gundersen (0000-0001-9264-6914, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), James P Ziliak (University of Kentucky) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-135 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2040-5790 • E-ISSN: 2040-5804 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/aepp/ppx058 |
| OpenAlex | W2791048517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 65 |
| References cited | 53 |
Food insecurity is now recognized as a major health crisis in the United States. This is due to the size of the problem—more than 42 million persons were food insecure in 2015—as well as the multiple negative health outcomes and higher health care costs attributable to food insecurity. An extensive body of literature from multiple fields has examined the causes and consequences of food insecurity and the efficacy of food assistance programs—especially the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. We review this literature and provide suggestions for future research directions. We suggest examining the distribution of food insecurity within households, the impact of the food distribution system on food insecurity, the coping mechanisms of low‐income food secure families, food insecurity among American Indians, the effects of charitable food assistance, the causal relationship between food insecurity and health outcomes, the declining age gradient in food insecurity among Seniors, the effects of labor force participation and the Great Recession on food insecurity, and the long‐term consequences of food insecurity. In addition, the impact of two recent policy recommendations on food insecurity – the minimum wage and the Affordable Care – Act should be considered.
Agriculture · Business · Coping (psychology) · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Food distribution · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Great recession · Labour economics · Political science · Recession · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology
Evaluating Food Security Challenges during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Nigeria’s Coastal Fishing Communities
Examining Experts' Arguments for Increasing the Minimum Wage
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 47 No. 1
We're not the Enemy and We're not Asking for the World
Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease
Child Development During the Covid-19 Pandemic Through a Life Course Theory Lens
Food Insecurity and Child Health
‘I suppose language is important’
Food security beyond borders
A descriptive analysis of food pantries in twelve American states
Incarceration Exposure and Maternal Food Insecurity During Pregnancy
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Covid-19 Outcomes
Effects of Welfare Reform on Household Food Insecurity Across Generations
The Health and Nutritional Status of Children (10–18 years) Belonging to Food Insecure Households
Explaining Racial Inequality in Food Security in Columbus, Ohio
Prevalence and correlates of the food insecurity experience among Australian adults in 2020
Inflation, food insecurity, and mental health
Geographical patterns of implementing a government subsidy program
Predictors of food insecurity among older adults before and during Covid-19 in the United States
Hunger in Our Communities
Perceived Risk and Willingness to Provide Loan to Smallholder Farmers in Ghana
The Effect of Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Food Insecurity of Children in U.S. Immigrant Households
“It Is Truly a Struggle to Survive”
Do grocery food taxes incentivize participation in SNAP
Food Insecurity and Suicidal Behaviors Among US High School Students
Relative Labor Market Utility Perceptions and Offending
Food Insecurity in Households with Children Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
The structural roots of food insecurity
The contested politics of food banking in the United States
More than Money? Job Quality and Food Insecurity among Employed Lone Mother Households in the United States
Helps My Family Survive Hard Times
Experiences of food access among disabled adults in Toronto, Canada
Health professionals’ experiences and perspectives on food insecurity and long‐term conditions
Social determinants of rural food security
Can government investment in food pantries decrease food insecurity
Viewpoint
Putting grocery food taxes on the table
Multidimensional Hardships in the U.S. During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Food Insecurity and Associated Challenges to Healthy Eating Among American Indians and Alaska Natives With Type 2 Diabetes
The Role of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Improving Food Security in Rural Zimbabwe in Instances of Weather Information Deprivation
The Importance of Increasing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Price Is Not Right
Influence of health food literacy on willingness to pay for healthier foods
Mitigating food security impacts from crisis in high-income countries
Rethinking food access at the household level under the 15-min city framework
Prevalence and determinants of food insecurity among pregnant women in Nigeria
A spatial analyses of food insecurity and disability in the Southeast region of the United States
The correlation between food insecurity and infant mortality in North Carolina
Ecological risk and protective factors for food insufficiency in Los Angeles County during the Covid-19 pandemic
Senior food insecurity in the USA
Disentangling the Relationship between Food Insecurity and Poor Sleep Health
Fragile cities in the developed world
Disparities in food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic
Non-bank credit and food hardship
Adult and Child Food Insecurity Among Homeless and Precariously-Housed Families at the Close of the Twentieth Century
County jail incarceration rates and food hardship in the United States
Incarceration exposure and food insecurity during pregnancy
Food insecurity, austerity, and household food production in Greece, 2009–2014
Participation across public programs among children in low-income families
Marginal Food Security and Depressive Symptoms
Disenfranchised
How are Income and Assets Associated with Food Insecurity? An Application of the Growth Mixture Modeling
The Impact of Covid-19 on Experiences of Food Insecurity Across Place
The Effects of the 2021 Child Tax Credit on Food Insecurity and Financial Hardship
Food insecurity in households with young children
Association between household food insecurity and annual health care costs
Transfers in Cash and In-Kind
Children Are Aware of Food Insecurity and Take Responsibility for Managing Food Resources
Bounding the effects of food insecurity on children’s health outcomes
Rethinking the measurement of food security
Identifying the Effects of SNAP (Food Stamps) on Child Health Outcomes When Participation Is Endogenous and Misreported
The effect of income shocks on food insufficiency
Food Insecurity And Health Outcomes
The Economics of Food Insecurity in the United States
Effects of maternal depression on family food insecurity
Family chaos and lack of mealtime planning is associated with food insecurity in low income households
Accessibility of summer meals and the food insecurity of low-income households with children
Who Do They Think We Are, Anyway?”
Measuring the extent, depth, and severity of food insecurity
Stigma and other determinants of participation in Tanf and Medicaid
Participation in the National School Lunch Program and food security
Need for and barriers to accessing public benefits among low-income families with children
Food on the Fringe
Paternal Incarceration and Children’s Food Insecurity
Nonresident Fathers and Child Food Insecurity
Work Trajectories, Income Changes, and Food Insufficiency in a Michigan Welfare Population
How Effective Is the Minimum Wage at Supporting the Poor
Sources of stigma for means-tested government programs
Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate
Food insecurity and disability
| Unique citing works | 65 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 9,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 61 |