food secure

Or food-se·cure

[food si-kyoor]

adjective

1. having or characterized by ready access to safe and nutritionally adequate food.

   In addition to eating more meals and becoming more food secure, families there are also improving their housing conditions.

   A more sustainable and food-secure future needs to be built by all of us.

Word History and Origins

Origin of food secure¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Most of those living without enough to eat are in South Asia, and women tend to be less food secure than men, the report says.

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Children with avid eating were also less food secure than children who showed happy or typical eating behaviours.

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