Objective: A consideration of low-income men’s social, economic, and environmental contexts reveals potential vulnerabilities to food insecurity, yet their experiences of food insecurity have not been

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Eating at the Margins: Negotiating Food Safety and Food Security in Ho Chi Minh City’s Charities (2024) · doi

  It challenges the narrative that caring about food safety is limited to affluent consumers, instead highlighting the structural constraints that prevent people in urban poverty from acting upon food safety concerns, including (1) power imbalances within food charities and (2) lack of overall food security.

  Keywords: food safety challenges narrative caring limited affluent consumers instead highlighting structural constraints prevent people urban
• Food insecurity in Europe: Who is at risk, and how successful are social benefits in protecting against food insecurity? (2019) · doi

  Yet, considerable gaps remain in our understanding: the demographic groups most at risk, the role of social benefit receipt , and whether higher- value social benefits protect against food insecurity among recipients all remain unknown.

  Keywords: remain social considerable gaps understanding demographic groups risk role benefit receipt whether higher value benefits
• Vulnerabilities to Food Insecurity: Interconnected Risks and Assets for Coping Among Low-Income Men (2021) · doi

  Objective: A consideration of low-income men’s social, economic, and environmental contexts reveals potential vulnerabilities to food insecurity, yet their experiences of food insecurity have not been well documented.

  Keywords: food insecurity objective consideration income social economic environmental contexts reveals potential vulnerabilities experiences well documented