When the Pleasure of Eating Becomes Essential: Rethinking Food Support by Community Organizations
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https://doi.org/10.29173/cjnser769Keywords:
pleasure, food insecurity, community organisation, precarity, James Bay, QuébecAbstract
Although free access to food is a common response to food insecurity, it does not guarantee consumption. Our research examines how the concept of pleasure can be incorporated into food support programmes offered by community organizations in Québec. A mixed methodology was employed to analyze the relationship between experienced food insecurity and the pleasure of eating. The results offer theoretical and practical ways forward, emphasizing the importance of considering the notion of choice in interventions. They provide food for thought and suggest to public decision-makers that they adopt a collective approach to combating food insecurity, enabling people to rediscover the pleasure of eating.
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