National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2023 Feb 1;35(1):22-27. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001179. Epub 2022 Sep 13.
To summarize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity during early childhood, with a focus on challenges and strategies to improve access to and consumption of nutritious food in early childcare and education settings.
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing gaps and inequities in the early childcare and education system, resulting in closures and decreased access to healthy foods that disproportionately impacted black, indigenous, and people of color, as well as rural and low-income communities.
Closures and changes in operational capacity not only stressed the early childcare and education system and its workforce but also contributed to financial strain and food insecurity among families with young children. Increased public investment and cross-sector partnerships can support and strengthen both early childcare and education and food systems, increasing equitable access to quality care and reducing food insecurity in early childhood.
综述目的:总结 COVID-19 大流行对儿童早期粮食不安全的影响,重点介绍改善儿童早期保育和教育环境中获得和消费营养食品的途径和策略。
最新发现:COVID-19 大流行加剧了儿童早期保育和教育系统中现有的差距和不平等,导致关闭和减少了对健康食品的获取,这对黑人和土著以及有色人种以及农村和低收入社区造成了不成比例的影响。
总结:运营能力的关闭和变化不仅给儿童早期保育和教育系统及其劳动力带来压力,还导致有幼儿的家庭出现经济紧张和粮食不安全。增加公共投资和跨部门伙伴关系可以支持和加强儿童早期保育和教育以及粮食系统,增加公平获得优质护理的机会,并减少儿童早期的粮食不安全。