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Jasmine Fledderjohann, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University

How food insecurity affects people's rights to choose whether or not to have children, and how they parent

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Food insecurity – difficulties getting enough nutritious food for a healthy life – is a growing problem globally. It has been linked to many health and social problems including malnutrition, difficulties managing diabetes, impaired development in childhood, and reduced school performance for children.

Our recent research shows how food insecurity also matters for reproductive justice: people’s ability to have only the children they want and raise them the way they want.

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