July 23: Prof Valerie Tarasuk. 1.8 Million Cdn Kids Food Insecure (Hungry)
The Roy Green Show · Global News / Curiouscast
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Show Notes
In 2022, 18.4% of people in the ten provinces lived in a food-insecure household. that amounts to 6.9 million people, including almost 1.8 million children living in households that struggled to afford the food they need. This is a considerable increase from 2021. 1 in 4 children lived in food insecure homes in Canada in 2022.
Guest is co-author of a comment titled: Food Charity will not fix Food Insecurity.
Guest: Professor Valerie Tarasuk. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto. Founding investigator at PROOF, a research program studying food insecurity and how to reduce it.
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