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Phillip Joy, Assistant Professor, Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University

Food insecurity during COVID-19: 2SLGBTQ+ people talk about challenges and support

Approximately one-third of 2SLGBTQ+ young people who participated in a nutrition study noted that they did not have any support systems in place to help them with their nutritional needs during the pandemic. (Shutterstock)

Many people grow up without enough food to eat, even within Canada; a G7 country with one of the world’s most advanced economies. The Government of Canada defines food insecurity as the “inability to acquire or consume” a diet that is adequate in quality and quantity, or “the uncertainty that one will be able to do so.”

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