Eating “Rich” Foods

1. Eating “Rich” Foods Food Insecurity as Cause for the Shoplifting Woman Vanessa L.Lucas MLIS Candidate University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science February 21, 2014

2. Working for Nourishment

3. “Working” at the Grocery Store

4. Food INSECURITY

5. Why Does this Woman Boost?

6. Emulating Men

7. Hiding it in Her Knitting Bag

8. One Woman’s Work:

9. In both kindergarten and third grade, 8% of the children were classified as food insecure. Only 5% of white children were food insecure, while 12% and 15% of black and Hispanic children were food insecure, respectively. In third grade, 13% of black and 11% of Hispanic children are food insecure compared to 5% of white children. Over 20% of children whose mothers held less than a high school education were food insecure at kindergarten. This figure is significantly higher than for children of mothers with a high school degree (8%) and children whose mother’s attained a college degree (1%). A typical food-insecure neighborhood is approximately 25% Hispanic and 16% black. The average food-insecure child lives in a neighborhood where more than a quarter of households are lead by women. Children in the Hispanic/foreign-born neighborhoods are also far more likely to be food insecure: 16% in kindergarten and 13% at third grade. –Christopher Olver Who is Most at Risk for Food Insecurity?

10. Thanks For Listening!