Food sovereignty: power, gender, and the right to food

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in 2010 there were 48.8 million US citizens living in food-insecure households. In the US, 21.6 million children lived in food-insecure households, and 35.1% of all female-headed households were food insecure in 2010, compared to 25.4%...

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Published inPLoS medicine Vol. 9; no. 6; p. e1001223
Main Author Patel, Rajeev C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Public Library of Science 01.06.2012
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects
Agriculture
Children & youth
Food
Food industry
Food Supply
Gender
Government
Health care
Households
Humans
Hunger
International organizations
Management
Marketing
Medicine
Political aspects
Power (Psychology)
Public policy
Sex Characteristics
Social aspects
Sovereignty
Africa
United States > US
Food Supply
Government
Humans
Sex Characteristics
Power (Psychology)
Food
Marketing
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Summary:According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in 2010 there were 48.8 million US citizens living in food-insecure households. In the US, 21.6 million children lived in food-insecure households, and 35.1% of all female-headed households were food insecure in 2010, compared to 25.4% of male-headed households [6]. Since food insecurity is a broader measure than that of undernourishment, it has been correlated both with hunger and obesity, particularly among women [7].
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The Essay section contains opinion pieces on topics of broad interest to a general medical audience.
Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: RP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RP. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: RP. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: RP.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001223