Frost, C.J., Pelham-Burn, S.E., Russell, J.M. et al. (1 more author) (2016) Improving the Nutritional Quality of Charitable Meals for Homeless and Vulnerable Adults: A Mixed Method Study of Two Meals Services in a Large English City. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 11 (1). pp. 14-28. ISSN 1932-0248
Abstract
Inadequate nutrition may contribute to poor health in homeless and vulnerable adults. Charitable meals are critical to this group’s nutrition. The nutrient content of charitable meals at 2 organizations was assessed. Ethnography investigated organizational practice; semistructured interviews explored influences on meal provision. Meals were adequate for energy and the majority of nutrients but exceeded thresholds of saturated fat, salt, and sugars and lacked vitamin D and selenium in both organizations. Organizations were constrained by budget, equipment, food donations, volunteer capabilities, and time. Organizational values influenced meal provision; strategies to reduce fat, salt, and sugar content may be resisted because of an ethos of hospitality and overprovision.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Taylor and Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition . Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | food insecurity; diet; nutrient adequacy; food poverty; welfare; UK |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > The Medical School (Sheffield) > Division of Genomic Medicine (Sheffield) > Department of Oncology and Metabolism (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2016 10:52 |
Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2017 18:47 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2015.1066730 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/19320248.2015.1066730 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96964 |