Knight, A;
O'Connell, R;
Brannen, J;
(2018)
Eating with Friends, Family or Not at All: Young People's Experiences of Food Poverty in the UK.
Children and Society
, 32
(3)
pp. 185-194.
10.1111/chso.12264.
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Abstract
The paper draws on findings from a study called ‘Families and Food in Hard Times’, which is examining food poverty among children and families in three European countries. In the UK, qualitative interviews were carried out with 45 11–15 year olds and their parents or carers. Young people's narratives reveal food poverty as a multi-dimensional experience, including hunger, poor quality food and social exclusion. Analysis suggests a limited degree of sharing of food between young people and how they contribute to the family's management of food practices in constrained circumstances. Generally young people contest the dominant discourses which blame food poverty on individuals and families.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Eating with Friends, Family or Not at All: Young People's Experiences of Food Poverty in the UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/chso.12264 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12264 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | food, poverty, children, families, UK, qualitative |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10049003 |
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