Food insecurity is usually associated with countries in the global South. But a study by the United Nations (UN) in 2014 estimated that 8.4 million people in the UK were living in moderate or severe food insecurity. In the same year, Britain’s Faculty for Public Health reported a 19% rise in the number of people admitted to hospital for malnutrition. Within Europe, only Albania has more people in severe food insecurity.
The number of food banks in the UK has increased dramatically. The UK’s first food bank, operated by the Trussell Trust, opened in 2001.
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