Food banks play a major role in the food aid sector by distributing donated and purchased
groceries directly to food insecure families. The public health implications of food insecurity …

Purpose Food banks have become the main response to food insecurity in many high-
income countries, but it has been argued that they lack the capacity to respond consistently …

OBJECTIVE: Examine relationships between food security, diet quality, and body mass
index (BMI) among food pantry users. METHODS: Convenience sample of 212 food pantry …

Food pantries are community-based organizations that provide food to prevalently low and
very low food secure households, presenting an opportune point of contact and potential site …

Background Users of food pantries often have a long history of food insecurity and may be
vulnerable to nutritional deficiencies. The quality of their diets is not well researched …

Introduction Food pantries serve households in need, including many with a family member
with a diet-related chronic disease, yet data on client priorities to inform hunger relief …

Food banks play a vital role in addressing the needs of people experiencing food insecurity.
Food banks rely on the food industry, particularly supermarkets, for food donations, and on …

A national online survey of 137 US food banks was conducted along with in-depth
interviews with staff at 6 California food banks to assess the characteristics of their …

Charitable food services, including food banks and pantries, support individual and
households' food access, potentially maintaining food security and diet quality during …

Food security and food waste are unanimously recognised as relevant issues affecting the
whole society and should be therefore acknowledged as a priority on the public agenda …