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
When children cannot invite friends to have a snack’: article in Público newspaper, Portugal
18th Oct, 2018
Público, one of the leading Portuguese newspapers, published an article on the Families and Food in Hard Times research project last Tuesday, as part of a series on the occasion of World Food Day (October 16th). The piece is entitled..
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..