School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University.
Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University.
Can J Aging. 2020 Dec;39(4):662-696. doi: 10.1017/S071498081900059X. Epub 2020 Jan 27.
Literature on food insecurity (FI) and aging is limited and scattered across disciplines, the reasons for which include the nascence of the study of "hunger" more generally, and relatively lower rates of FI among older people. This scoping review synthesized and characterized the current research to prompt a more critical examination of food insecurity and aging. Data extraction included reviewing and characterizing the empirical, methodological and conceptual contributions of each study, accessed from selected health sciences and social sciences databases. Thirty-eight studies were included from 2,041 titles. Different methods and operationalizations of FI and age were found to be used across studies. Thematic analysis revealed, with few exceptions, consistent tendencies towards the biomedicalization of the FI issue alongside aging. These findings reinforce the value of population-level monitoring of FI and uptake of standard measures. Moving forward, the issue of FI and aging is an opportune topic for critical social analysis.
关于食物不安全（FI）和老龄化的文献有限且分散在各个学科，其原因包括“饥饿”研究的新生，以及老年人中相对较低的 FI 发生率。本范围综述综合并描述了当前的研究，以促使更批判性地审视食物不安全和老龄化问题。数据提取包括从选定的健康科学和社会科学数据库中审查和描述每项研究的经验、方法和概念贡献。从 2041 个标题中选取了 38 项研究。研究中发现，FI 和年龄的不同方法和操作定义被广泛使用。主题分析显示，除了少数例外，FI 问题与老龄化一起朝着生物医学化的趋势发展。这些发现强调了对 FI 进行人群水平监测和采用标准措施的重要性。展望未来，FI 和老龄化问题是批判性社会分析的一个恰当话题。
