About twelve percent of Austrians were affected by moderate and/or severe food poverty in the past year. This means that they had to limit the quality and/or quantity of their food supply.
About 420,000 people even fall into the category of severe food poverty. Some of them had to involuntarily skip meals or had nothing to eat for a whole day, according to the survey of around 2,000 people (aged 16 and over), which will be presented on Thursday at a symposium organized by Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (GÖG). in Vienna.
Children are also indirectly affected
Nearly 13 percent of respondents with minors in the household were concerned in the past twelve months that their children did not have enough to eat. About a fifth indicate that they cannot dine with friends, acquaintances, family or restaurants or invite others to eat.
According to the research, young people, the sick, the poorly educated and the unemployed are particularly affected. Those affected would like to pay more attention to healthy food and quality when shopping. The biggest hurdles are a lack of financial resources, a lack of time and a lack of affordable options. According to experts, measures such as free community catering, reducing VAT on fruits, vegetables and legumes and promoting democratic supermarkets combined with behavioral measures such as increasing nutritional literacy would be crucial.
Source: Krone
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