PUBLICATION: Women, food insecurity and obesity: why women should lead food policy

Food security has important implications for women’s health. Food security means that a person is able to access safe, nutritionally adequate and personally acceptable foods at all times in a dignified way.

In 2001, 9.2% of Canadian households were food insecure, most of which depended on social assistance as the primary source of income. In Manitoba women are more likely to live in poverty than men and therefore face the highest risk of food insecurity.

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