This is the website for the Families and Food in Hard Times research project. The study looks into what young people and their families eat in Portugal, the UK and Norway, and how they manage in difficult economic times.
A new book exploring how families negotiate everyday food practices in the context of paid employment.
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Latest News Articles
THE BMJ Opinion : Child food poverty requires radical long term solutions
6th Sep, 2018
The end of the summer holidays may offer some respite for children experiencing holiday hunger. But as Rebecca O’Connell and her team explain, food poverty is a problem all year round: Read the online BMJ Opinion article published online on..
Children’s experiences of food poverty in UK newspapers
24th Apr, 2018
The dramatic rise in food banks has driven food poverty into Britain’s public consciousness. But our new article finds that the consequences for families with children rarely hit the headlines and hardly any attention has been given to children’s experiences..
Published today: Special Issue of Children & Society ‘Children’s and Young People’s Food Practices in Contexts of Poverty and Inequality’
6th Apr, 2018
Coedited by Wendy Wills and Rebecca O’Connell, this Special Issue of the journal Children & Society addresses the social and economic determinants shaping what children and young people eat and the part food plays in their everyday lives. We suggest the food..