food secure

or food-se·cure

[ food si-kyoor ]

adjective

1. having or characterized by ready access to safe and nutritionally adequate food:

   In addition to eating more meals and becoming more food secure, families there are also improving their housing conditions.

   A more sustainable and food-secure future needs to be built by all of us.

Word History and Origins

Origin of food secure¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Most of those living without enough to eat are in South Asia, and women tend to be less food secure than men, the report says.

From Seattle Times

Children with avid eating were also less food secure than children who showed happy or typical eating behaviours.

From Science Daily

The First Nation Food, Nutrition and Environment Study found households that had access to food obtained using traditional practices were more food secure and less likely to have complex health problems such as diabetes and heart disease.

From Salon

Our study, published by Food Secure Canada, outlines that systemic barriers like colonialism, racism and other systems of injustice are among the root causes of food insecurity in Canada.

From Salon

Our participants from this location were white, food secure and primarily highly educated.

From Salon