从百慕大COVID-19大流行中对粮食安全的教训
Elisa Pineda1,2, Junhui Li1,3, Danying Li1
1Department of Economics & Public Policy, Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
PLOS global public health
|February 12, 2024
概括
COVID-19大流行影响了百慕大岛的粮食安全,援助受益人消耗的营养食品较少. 养计划至关重要,但缺乏营养质量监测,影响低收入人口.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 社会经济学 社会经济学
背景情况:
- 百慕大面临着高收入不平等,在经合组织国家中排名全球第三.
- 事证据表明,在COVID-19大流行期间,粮食需求和供应波动显著.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查COVID-19大流行对百慕大粮食不安全的影响.
- 评估粮食供应和负担能力的变化,重点关注弱势群体.
主要方法:
- 采用百慕大综合调查 (N=400) 对家庭粮食不安全的横截面研究.
- 与关键食品可访问性利益相关者进行半结构化访谈,使用框架方法进行分析.
- 分析食品零售和进口数据,以评估价格波动和可用性.
主要成果:
- 与非受援者相比,粮食援助受益者消费的水果/蔬菜减少了50%,新鲜肉/鱼减少了39%.
- 没有发现统计学上显著的食品价格上,但养计划至关重要.
- 养计划提供了许多高糖,盐和脂肪食物,不成比例地影响了低收入群体.
结论:
- 在大流行期间,百慕大岛的粮食供应在很大程度上稳定.
- 对养计划的需求增加凸显了现有的粮食安全挑战.
- 营养质量监测对于粮食援助计划至关重要,以有效支持弱势群体.
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