Food Security Resources and Publications

These pages have been designed as a resource for those with a directive to promote food security, and are likely to grow as work in this area increases. Please let us know if you have other ideas, links or publications which would be good to incorporate in the resource by emailing: julia@ana.org.nz.

See also: Food Security Links.

* = recently added.

American Dietetic Association (2010)

• Position of the American Dietetic Association: Food Insecurity in the United States

Beauvais J (2008)

• Setting up Superstores and Climate Change

Bowers S, Carter K, Gorton D et al (2009)

• Enhancing Food Security and Physical Activity for Māori, Pacific and Low-Income Peoples (ENHANCE)

Burns C (2004)

• A review of the literature describing the link between poverty, food insecurity and obesity with specific reference to Australia

Caraher M, Dowler E (2005)

• The Great Food Divide. Article published by BBC News

Chilton M & Rose D (2009)

• A rights-based approach to food insecurity in the United States

City of Port Philip Food Security Project: Executive Summary (2005)

• A summary of dimensions, opportunities and new ideas for addressing food security in the City of Port Philip, Victoria, Australia

Community Public Health, Canterbury District Health Board (2009)

• Food Security: A review and synthesis of themes from the literature

Coveney J & O'Dwyer L (2009)

• Effects of mobility and location on food access

Dietitians of Canada (2007)

• Community Food Security – Position of Dietitians of Canada

Drewnowski A & Specter SE (2004)

• Poverty and obesity: the role of energy density and energy costs. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 79: 6-16

Dowler E, Caraher M, Lincoln P (2007)

• Inequalities in food and nutrition: challenging 'lifestyles'

Foley W et al (2008)

• Social Determinants of Food Security in South Australia

Food Chain Analysis Group (2006)

• Food Security and the UK: An Evidence and Analysis Paper

Food Standards Agency (2008)

• Accessing healthy food: A sentinel mapping study of healthy food retailing in Scotland

Innes-Hughes C, Bowers K, King L, Chapman K, Eden B. (2010)

• Food Security: The what, how, why and where to of food security in New South Wales

Innes-Hughes C & Cosgrove C (2010)

• Weight status and dietary characteristics of people reporting food insecurity in NSW, Australia

McClain-Nhlapo C (2004)

• Africa: Implementing a Human Rights Approach to Food Security

New South Wales Centre for Public Health Nutrition (2003)

• Food Security Options Paper: A planning framework and menu of options for policy and practice interventions

New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (2009)

• Vulnerability Report

New Zealand Network Against Food Poverty (2000)

• Hidden Hunger: Food and Low Income in New Zealand

Obesity Action Coalition

• Food Security for Pacific Peoples in New Zealand

Obesity Action Coalition and Te Hotu Manawa Māori

• Food Security Among Māori in Aotearoa

Parnell W and Smith C (2008)

• Food Security: Current research initiatives, globally and in New Zealand. Presentation to Nutrition Society Conference

Press V (2004)

• Nutrition + Food Poverty: A toolkit for those involved in developing or implementing a local nutrition and food poverty strategy

* Robinson V (2010)

• Food Costs for Families

Smith C, Parnell W, Brown R (2010)

• Family food environment: Barriers to acquiring affordable and nutritious food in New Zealand households

Walton, Signal & Thomson (2009)

• Household economic resources as a determinant of childhood nutrition: Policy responses for New Zealand

Webb A, Schiff A, Currivan D, Villamor E (2008)

• Food Stamp Programme participation but not food insecurity is associated with higher adult BMI in Massachusetts residents living in low-income neighbourhoods

Widome R, Neumark-Sztainer D, Hannan P, Haines J, Story M (2009)

• Eating when there's not enough to eat: Eating behaviours and perceptions of food among food-insecure youths