Rights-based approaches to addressing food poverty and food insecurity in Ireland and UK.

摘要: Food poverty is an important contributing factor to health inequalities in industrialised countries; it refers the inability acquire or eat adequate quality sufficient quantity of food socially acceptable ways (or uncertainty being able do so). Synonymous with household insecurity, issue needs be located within a social justice framework. Recognising clear interdependence between right and health, this paper explores how international human rights obligations could inform approaches addressing insecurity specific reference Ireland UK. Little attention has been paid countries should meet their respect, protect fulfil developed countries. The contributes by examining policy circumstances which inhibit poor households from obtaining healthily, along strategies interventions State civil society actors two In practice, problems potential solutions have largely directed towards individual rather than at determinants, particularly as research on environmental factors such distance shops produced equivocal results. Other key structural aspects income sufficiency for are broadly ignored State, anti-poverty often implemented without monitoring effects outcomes. Thus scant evidence exists either UK meeting its date, terms roles responsibilities ensuring access affordable, available appropriate all.