Food insecurity among American Indians and alaska natives: a national profile using the current population survey–food security supplement.
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Food insecurity increases the risk for obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer-conditions highly prevalent among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). Using the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement, we analyzed the food insecurity trends of AI/ANs compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States from 2000 to 2010. From 2000 to 2010, 25% of AI/ANs remained consistently food insecure and AI/ANs were twice as likely to be food insecure compared to whites. Urban AI/ANs were more likely to experience food insecurity than rural AI/ANs. Our findings highlight the need for national and tribal policies that expand food assistance programs; promote and support increased access to healthy foods and community food security, in both rural and urban areas; and reduce the burden of diet-related disparities on low-income and racial/ethnic minority populations.
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Native Americans are 25% more likely to remain food insecure in the future.
“Despite their proximity to food production, Native Americans are twice as likely to be food insecure than white people and are 25% more likely to remain food insecure in the future (Jernigan et al., 2017).”
From The Potential of Bison Restoration as an Ecological Approach to Future Tribal Food Sovereignty on the Northern Great Plains (2022) · cites this paper as Jernigan et al., 2017
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“Despite their proximity to food production, Native Americans are twice as likely to be food insecure than white people and are 25% more likely to remain food insecure in the future (Jernigan et al., 2017).”
From The Potential of Bison Restoration as an Ecological Approach to Future Tribal Food Sovereignty on the Northern Great Plains (2022) · cites this paper as Jernigan et al., 2017
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- Authors
- Jernigan, V. B. B., Huyser, K. R., Valdes, J., & Simonds, V. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Montana State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Jernigan, Valarie Blue Bird
- Venue
- Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-10-25
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-10
- ISSN
- 1932-0248 (ISSN-L)
- 1932-0256
- PMC
- PMC5422031
- OpenAlex
- W2538901912
- Cited by
- 169
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 12.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL126578, R01HL117729)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01MD011266)
- National Institutes of Health (R01HL117729)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Keywords
- food insecurity, American Indians and Alaska Natives, racial and ethnic disparities, urban-rural differences, food assistance programs, community food security, low-income populations, obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cancer
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