A szünidei gyermekétkeztetés társadalmi beágyazottsága a rászorultság és az érdemesség diskurzusai alapján = The Social Embeddedness of Holiday Meals Provision based on Discourses of Need and Deservingness

Husz, Ildikó (2023) A szünidei gyermekétkeztetés társadalmi beágyazottsága a rászorultság és az érdemesség diskurzusai alapján = The Social Embeddedness of Holiday Meals Provision based on Discourses of Need and Deservingness. In: Menzadimenziók : A gyermek-közétkeztetés társadalmi beágyazottsága. Néprajztudományi Könyvtár (2). HUN-REN Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont Néprajztudományi Intézet, Budapest, pp. 125-149. ISBN 978-963-567-070-3; 978-963-567-072-7

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Abstract

The study examines the holiday meals provision for children and shows how it is embedded in society. Proper nutrition for children is very important for their physical and cognitive development. However, international research shows that children’s social and cultural backgrounds significantly influence their nutrition. To reduce these disparities and achieve healthy eating for all children, effective government intervention is needed. In Hungary, school canteens and free meals during school holidays for children in need serve this purpose. The latter service is of great importance for the children of families affected by food poverty. Yet, statistics show that some of these children are unable to use the service. This study examines the period before 2016 and highlights the social embeddedness of the service and its consequences on the provision. Whether child food poverty is perceived as a social issue and a common cause generating community intervention largely depends on the correct problem perception of the local actor, the local ap- praisal of need, and the consideration of parents’ ‘deservingness’. The study also makes some suggestions on areas where further interventions should focus in order to improve the nutrition of children affected by food poverty.

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