Link between hunger and health care costs
Low-income people who struggle to put food on the table also use the health care system more, which means higher health care costs, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical…
August 10, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: care-system, cmaj, health, new-research, oncalldiets, put-food, table, the-table
Household food insecurity in Canada
In PROOF’s second report on household food insecurity, we see that despite Canada’s economic recovery, the number of Canadians struggling to put food on the table because of food insecurity is not abating. In fact, the problem appears to have persisted or grown in every province and territory.Four million Canadians, including 1.
February 10, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: every-province, food-insecurity, household-food, number, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, persisted-or-grown, problem, put-food, second-report, table, the-problem, the-table
