Individual and Household Food Insecurity in Canada: Position of Dietitians of Canada: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1)

Publication: Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
March 2005

Abstract

The position of Dietitians of Canada (DC) is that all Canadians must have food security. Recognizing food security as a social determinant of health, DC recommends a population health approach to food security: that is, an approach that seeks to reduce health inequities through the pursuit of social justice. A population health approach addresses the root cause of individual and household food insecurity – poverty – through improvements to the social safety net.
DC strongly encourages dietitians to educate themselves about the issues and processes to achieve food security through social change, to use empowering strategies in community-based food programming, to conduct and apply research, and to participate in coalitions that advocate to create the conditions in which all Canadians can achieve food security.

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Les Diététistes du Canada (DC) soutiennent que tous les Canadiens doivent bénéficier de la sécurité alimentaire. Reconnaissant la sécurité alimentaire comme déterminant social de la santé, les DC recommandent de traiter cette question par une approche axée sur la santé de la population, c'est-à-dire ayant pour but de réduire les inégalités en matière de santé par la recherche de la justice sociale. Cette approche s'attaque à la cause première de l'insécurité individuelle et familiale – la pauvreté – en améliorant le filet de sécurité sociale.
Les DC encouragent fortement les diététistes à s'informer sur ces problèmes et sur les processus visant à assurer la sécurité alimentaire par le changement social, à utiliser des stratégies d'habilitation dans la planification des programmes communautaires portant sur l'alimentation, à mener des recherches, à appliquer les résultats de recherches et à participer à des coalitions qui préconisent la création de conditions permettant à tous les Canadiens d'atteindre la sécurité alimentaire.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Volume 66Number 1March 2005
Pages: 43 - 46

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Version of record online: 12 February 2007

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