Assessing Energy Adequacy, Healthy Food Diversity, and Self-Reported Food Security in the United States, Canada, and India

• Author / Creator

  Minhas, Simrat

• In order to assess the effectiveness of public policy interventions (or lack
  of) aimed at food insecure households, an individual’s socio-economic and
  demographic status, energy adequacy, and healthy food diversity need to be better
  understood. Through a cross-country comparison (Canada, US and India) of the
  determinants of dietary adequacy and diversity, with different policy programs
  aimed at enhancing food security in place, we can provide recommendations for
  effective strategies aimed at reducing food insecurity, in different contexts.
  Results suggest that multiple indicators need to be assessed to understand the
  multi-faceted nature of a household’s food security status. Income plays a
  significant role in energy adequacy, while respondent age and family size play an
  important role in healthy food diversity. Assessing policy programs by
  effectiveness suggests that India may benefit from a cash transfer program instead
  of the traditional TPDS.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • India
  • Food security
  • Healthy food diversity
  • Energy adequacy

• Graduation date

  Spring 2014

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Science

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3TD9NH2D

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.