‘You Would Eat It If You Were Hungry’. Local Perceptions and Interpretations of Child Food Poverty

Husz, Ildikó (2018) ‘You Would Eat It If You Were Hungry’. Local Perceptions and Interpretations of Child Food Poverty. Children and Society, 32 (3). pp. 233-243. ISSN 0951-0605 eISSN 1099-0860

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Abstract

Research has shown that local food poverty reduction programmes have reached only a fraction of potential recipients and uncovered several reasons why those in need find access difficult. Here, through the example of a school-holiday meals provision, we examine the providers and what impairs their effectiveness to react to the problems of food-deprived children. The factors that emerged from interviews are as follows: an inappropriate perception of food poverty as a problem, the consequent inaccurate evaluation of need, and the consideration of parents’ ‘deservingness’.

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