Food hampers short on calories: Study

From EndCanadianPoverty.ca

• Date: January 10th, 2007
• Source: Toronto Star
• Link to article: Food hampers short on calories: Study

"Food hampers from some food banks often do not provide nearly enough nutrients or calories for the province’s hungriest people, according to researchers from the University of Western Ontario. The study, published today in the Canadian Journal of Public Health, analyzed 180 food hampers at a large urban food bank in southwestern Ontario and found that 99 per cent of those hampers, which are supposed to supply three days’ worth of food, only contained enough calories for 1.6 days. The hampers only met recommendations for grains and cereals, just one of the four food groups outlined in Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating. "