Can Food Banks Sustain Nutrient Requirements?
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Can food banks sustain nutrient requirements? A case study in Southwestern Ontario.
BACKGROUND Concerns about adequate food supply is a mounting problem in Canada, making food bank visits a necessity for over 820,000 Canadians. Given this reliance, the purpose of this study was to compare contents of food hampers with Canadian guidelines, at a large urban food bank in Southwestern Ontario that intends to provide 3 days worth of food per person. METHOD Thirty hampers of each ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0008-4263,1920-7476
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405378