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Food Poverty and Insecurity: The Poor in a World of Global Austerity

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Food Poverty and Insecurity: International Food Inequalities

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During times of austerity a constantly used phrase is ‘tightening of the belt’. This leitmotif has been a constant refrain as part of the most recent examples of voluntary or enforces austerity measures introduced after the Global Financial Crisis from 2007 to the present. Countries involved have taken it upon themselves, or have been forced, to introduce measure to rein-in public expenditure, introduce austere economic measures and to… tighten belts. Yet few have had the opportunity to use this to address public health nutrition; the belt tightening has been done to address issues of financial austerity and economic stability often with huge implications for nutrition and health outcomes. Nutrition and diet-related outcomes have been a casualty of the economic crisis. Here in this volume, we have examples where steps have been taken to safeguard the health and nutritional status of the populace. It must be said that these initiatives are often taken and operate in the face of huge barriers and a lack of policy support.

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  1. Centre for Food Policy D110, School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V OHB, UK

    Martin Caraher

  2. School of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

    John Coveney

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Caraher, M., Coveney, J. (2016). Food Poverty and Insecurity: The Poor in a World of Global Austerity. In: Caraher, M., Coveney, J. (eds) Food Poverty and Insecurity: International Food Inequalities. Food Policy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23859-3_1

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