Time to shift from 'food security' to 'nutrition security' to increase health and well-being

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/tuhs-tts040121.php

 

News Release 1-Apr-2021
Tufts and Georgetown scientists, and humanitarian José Andrés, call for a new approach to address food and nutrition inequities
Tufts University, Health Sciences Campus

 

In the 1960s, a national focus on hunger was essential to address major problems of undernutrition after World War II. In the 1990s, the nation shifted away from hunger toward "food insecurity" to better capture and address the challenges of food access and affordability.

Now, a new Viewpoint article argues that today's health and equity challenges call for the U.S. to shift from "food insecurity" to "nutrition insecurity" in order to catalyze appropriate focus and policies on access not just to food but to healthy, nourishing food.


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