Examination of the nutritional contribution of meals provided in community food programs serving homeless people in Toronto.
Published: 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780494273845
Description: Growing numbers of homeless people in Canadian cites have prompted a proliferation of ad hoc community programs that provide for basic needs, like food. The purpose of this study is to examine the nutritional contribution of meals provided by a sample of 18 food programs that served homeless individuals in Toronto. An evaluation of energy and nutrient contents of meals served using estimated energy requirements (EERs) and estimated average requirements (EARs), respectively, showed that they did not meet people's daily needs. While enlarging the meals improved nutrient profiles, most meals still remained insufficient to meet some micronutrient requirements. This led to the development of a meal planning guide to achieve nutrient adequacy using foods served in the 18 programs. An exploration of the determinants of meal provisioning using quantitative and qualitative methods suggested that multiple factors could limit improvements to the nutritional contribution of meals served in food programs.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 3139.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2007.

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