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. 2017;12(1):1-10.
doi: 10.1080/19320248.2016.1227750. Epub 2016 Oct 25.

Food Insecurity among American Indians and Alaska Natives: A National Profile using the Current Population Survey-Food Security Supplement

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan  1 , Kimberly R Huyser  2 , Jimmy Valdes  2 , Vanessa Watts Simonds  3
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Food Insecurity among American Indians and Alaska Natives: A National Profile using the Current Population Survey-Food Security Supplement

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan et al. J Hunger Environ Nutr. 2017.

Abstract

Food insecurity increases the risk for obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer-conditions highly prevalent among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). Using the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement, we analyzed the food insecurity trends of AI/ANs compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States from 2000 to 2010. From 2000 to 2010, 25% of AI/ANs remained consistently food insecure and AI/ANs were twice as likely to be food insecure compared to whites. Urban AI/ANs were more likely to experience food insecurity than rural AI/ANs. Our findings highlight the need for national and tribal policies that expand food assistance programs; promote and support increased access to healthy foods and community food security, in both rural and urban areas; and reduce the burden of diet-related disparities on low-income and racial/ethnic minority populations.

Keywords: Alaska native; American Indian; current population survey; food environments; food security; obesity.

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Prevalence of food insecurity by race and ethnicity, 2000–2010.
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