Food Insecurity in Canada

4. Food insecurity was most prevalent in Canada’s _______ (especially Nunavut) and the Maritimes (Tarasuk, 2012).
5. The 1996 World Food Summit’s definition of food security is that “food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and _________ food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” (Deaton, 2022).
7. Households with _______ were at greater risk for food insecurity than households without (Tarasuk, 2012).
9. In 2017, _____% of Canadian households were categorized as severely food insecure (Deaton, 2022).
10. ________ percent of households whose main source of income was social assistance were food insecure (Tarasuk, 2012).
11. Household food insecurity, inadequate or insecure access to food because of ___________ constraints, is a significant social and health problem in Canada (Tarasuk, 2012).

1. In 2019, the federal government established a national food _____ for the first time in Canada’s history (Deaton, 2022).
2. Data on food insecurity is collected through the Canadian Community Health Survey which is administered by __________ ________. This organization collects health related information from about 60,000 Canadians per year (Tarasuk, 2012).
3. Some food insecure households experience ________ which categorizes them as severely food insecure. Other households worry about having the capacity to afford the food they need which categorizes them as marginally food insecure (Deaton, 2022).
6. Food insecurity is slightly more prevalent in _____ areas than in rural Canada (Tarasuk, 2012).
8. Canadian research shows that the experience of hunger leaves an inerasable mark on children’s physical and _______ health (Tarasuk, 2012).