Hunger and Food Well-Being: Advancing Research and Practice

Abstract

Abstract This paper explores the paradigm of Food Well-Being (FWB), “a positive psychological, physical, emotional, and social relationship with food,” for those who experience hunger. Building on the insights derived from two sources—research across a range of disciplines including marketing and the practice of the nonprofit Hunger Task Force to alleviate hunger and advance FWB—the authors explore the five domains of FWB: food availability, food socialization, food literacy, food marketing, and food policy for people who experience hunger. The authors establish a research contribution by extending the FWB paradigm to include people experiencing hunger and applying this extended paradigm to illuminate the impact of hunger on people's FWB. Finally, the authors propose research to guide the marketing field, public policy, and nonprofit practice toward generating FWB for all.