Social inequalities and the burden of food-related ill-health.
Increased health inequalities are a result of poverty and social inequalities. Examples of how food intake is affected by poverty exist throughout the European Region. The diets of low-income groups are likely to be inadequate. Low-income groups and specific groups such as children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women, and older people often face problems gaining access to a healthy variety of safe foods. Safe healthy food may not be accessible to those most in need. Yet access to a safe and varied healthy diet is a fundamental human right and policies are needed to address this.
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Division of Technical Support and Strategic Development, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. aro@who.dk
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000191:economics*; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D012923:Social Class