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Youth Food Activism

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Introduction

Young people have historically played a significant role in social movements. Currently, there is an increase in youth organizing, spurred in part by rising levels of inequality and an increase in the engagement of young people in civic activities. One such area that is witnessing increasing youth involvement is the social movement for food justice (Steel 2010), a rapidly growing movement focused on efforts to address and advocate for healthier, local, affordable, safe, equitable, sustainable food and food systems. With a rise in obesity and other noncommunicable, diet-related health problems and the persistence of food insecurity among many vulnerable populations, the involvement of young people in this movement has the potential to bring forth transformative changes to the food system and thus reduce food-related health problems. This is particularly important as a disproportionate percentage of minorities bear the burden of obesity, food insecurity, and its health...

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  1. Public Health, Department of Community, Society and Health, City University of New York (CUNY), School of Public Health, The Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA

    Amy Kwan M.P.H. (Ph.D. Candidate)

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  1. Michigan State University Dept. Philosophy, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    Paul B. Thompson

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    David M. Kaplan

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Kwan, A. (2013). Youth Food Activism. In: Thompson, P., Kaplan, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_431-1

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