Study finds food insecurity causing ‘significant and enduring hardship’ as costs outstrip income for some sole parents
showed about one in seven children lived in households where food runs out, similar numbers often eat less because of lack of money or food, while 12.2% of children lived in households that use food banks. Children living in the most economically vulnerable areas were at least six times as likely to experience food insecurity.
“Even if … instead of $60 … I had like $100 a week … we wouldn’t have any problems,” one noted. Another suggested that unhealthy foods should be taxed higher and tax removed from basic essential items. More broadly, the study highlighted food insecurity as a major ongoing public health issue in New Zealand.
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