The UK, and other high-income countries, are experiencing substantial increases in living
costs. Several overlapping and intersecting economic crises threaten physical and mental …

Purpose Food banks have become the main response to food insecurity in many high-
income countries, but it has been argued that they lack the capacity to respond consistently …

In the context of the economic recession and welfare reform in the UK there have been
ongoing political debates regarding food insecurity. Food has an important role in defining …

Geographies of food banks have focused predominantly on issues of neoliberal political-
economy and food insecurity. In this paper, we trace alternative understandings of food …

The lockdown in Britain has rendered a large proportion of the population economically
vulnerable and has at least quadrupled demand for emergency food relief. This paper looks …

The purpose of this study was to preliminarily develop novel self-administered measures to
assess nutrition security and choice in dietary characteristics. Measures were piloted in a …

Background Research indicates that food parcels provided by food banks are nutritionally
poor. Food insecurity and the use of food banks are both rising, with detrimental effects on …

Food banks have become the first line of response to problems of hunger and food
insecurity in affluent nations. Although originating in the USA, food banks are now well …

This paper offers a critical reappraisal of the politics of food banking in the UK. Existing work
has raised concerns about the institutionalisation of food banks, with charitable assistance …

Food insecurity affects approximately 8.4 million people in the UK, one of the worst levels in
Europe. Food insecurity is associated with poor diet quality and obesity; however, the drivers …