Publications
2025
Food, Pregnancy & Me: Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy in the UK to inform future public health intervention needs-A mixed-methods study protocol.
Hurley, K. L., Jolly, K., Brown, H., Scott, S., Akhter, Z., Dyer, E., . . . Heslehurst, N. (2025). Food, Pregnancy & Me: Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy in the UK to inform future public health intervention needs-A mixed-methods study protocol.. PloS one, 20(5), e0321638. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0321638
Did increasing the UK’s Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits by £20 per week in 2020-21 reduce food insecurity?
Loopstra, R., Baumberg Geiger, B., & Reeves, A. (2025). Did increasing the UK’s Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits by £20 per week in 2020-21 reduce food insecurity?. Journal of Social Policy.
2024
What is driving food insecurity risks in UK households with children?
Arnold, R., Taylor-Robinson, D., Hargreaves, D., & Loopstra, R. (2024). What is driving food insecurity risks in UK households with children?. European Journal of Public Health, 34(Supplement_3). doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.712
A study exploring food support from a North-West London food bank
Loopstra, R., & Bayes, N. (n.d.). A study exploring food support from a North-West London food bank. doi:10.1186/isrctn44408179
Growth in UK children living in households with food insecurity.
Loopstra, R. (2024). Growth in UK children living in households with food insecurity.. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 385, q997. doi:10.1136/bmj.q997
Food insecurity, disability and age in the UK.
Hadfield-Spoor, M., Avendano, M., & Loopstra, R. (2024). Food insecurity and disability among working-age and older adults.. Public health nutrition, 27(1), e84. doi:10.1017/s1368980024000570
2023
How effective were government food box schemes for those who were shielding during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom? Local and national stakeholder perspectives
Lambie-Mumford, H., Loopstra, R., & Gordon, K. (2023). How effective were government food box schemes for those who were shielding during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom? Local and national stakeholder perspectives. PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. doi:10.1017/S1368980023001829
Food banks: Understanding their role in the food insecure population in the UK
Loopstra, R., & Lambie-Mumford, H. (2023). Food banks: Understanding their role in the food insecure population in the UK. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY. doi:10.1017/S0029665123002720
Child Poverty and the Cost of Living Crisis. A report prepared for the APPG Child of the North. https://www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/2023/01/COTN-APPG.pdf
Taylor-Robinson, D., & Loopstra, R. (2023). Child Poverty and the Cost of Living Crisis. A report prepared for the APPG Child of the North. https://www.thenhsa.co.uk/app/uploads/2023/01/COTN-APPG.pdf.
2022
Food insecurity among disabled adults.
Hadfield-Spoor, M., Avendano, M., & Loopstra, R. (2022). Food insecurity among disabled adults.. European journal of public health, 32(4), 593-599. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckac034
2021
The Continuing Effects of Welfare Reform on Food Bank use in the UK: The Roll-out of Universal Credit
REEVES, A., & LOOPSTRA, R. (2021). The Continuing Effects of Welfare Reform on Food Bank use in the UK: The Roll-out of Universal Credit. Journal of Social Policy, 50(4), 788-808. doi:10.1017/s0047279420000513
Working-age adults using food banks in England have significantly poorer health and higher rates of mental health conditions than adults in the general population: A cross-sectional quantitative study.
Loh, S., Knight, A., & Loopstra, R. (2021). Working-age adults using food banks in England have significantly poorer health and higher rates of mental health conditions than adults in the general population: A cross-sectional quantitative study.. Health & social care in the community, 29(5), 1594-1605. doi:10.1111/hsc.13226
Family policy and food insecurity: an observational analysis in 142 countries.
Reeves, A., Loopstra, R., & Tarasuk, V. (2021). Family policy and food insecurity: an observational analysis in 142 countries.. The Lancet. Planetary health, 5(8), e506-e513. doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(21)00151-0
Wage-Setting Policies, Employment, and Food Insecurity: A Multilevel Analysis of 492 078 People in 139 Countries.
Reeves, A., Loopstra, R., & Tarasuk, V. (2021). Wage-Setting Policies, Employment, and Food Insecurity: A Multilevel Analysis of 492 078 People in 139 Countries.. American journal of public health, 111(4), 718-725. doi:10.2105/ajph.2020.306096
2020
The Relationship Between Food Banks and Food Insecurity: Insights from Canada
Tarasuk, V., Fafard St-Germain, A. -A., & Loopstra, R. (2020). The Relationship Between Food Banks and Food Insecurity: Insights from Canada. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 31(5), 841-852. doi:10.1007/s11266-019-00092-w
Liberal trade policy and food insecurity across the income distribution: an observational analysis in 132 countries, 2014-17.
Barlow, P., Loopstra, R., Tarasuk, V., & Reeves, A. (2020). Liberal trade policy and food insecurity across the income distribution: an observational analysis in 132 countries, 2014-17.. The Lancet. Global health, 8(8), e1090-e1097. doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30263-1
The Housing Situations of Food Bank Users in Great Britain
Clair, A., Fledderjohann, J., Lalor, D., & Loopstra, R. (2020). The Housing Situations of Food Bank Users in Great Britain. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 55-73. doi:10.1017/s1474746419000150
2019
The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults.
Loopstra, R., Reeves, A., & Tarasuk, V. (2019). The rise of hunger among low-income households: an analysis of the risks of food insecurity between 2004 and 2016 in a population-based study of UK adults.. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 73(7), 668-673. doi:10.1136/jech-2018-211194
Food bank operational characteristics and rates of food bank use across Britain.
Loopstra, R., Lambie-Mumford, H., & Fledderjohann, J. (2019). Food bank operational characteristics and rates of food bank use across Britain.. BMC public health, 19(1), 561. doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6951-6
2018
Interventions to address household food insecurity in high-income countries.
Loopstra, R. (2018). Interventions to address household food insecurity in high-income countries.. The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 77(3), 270-281. doi:10.1017/s002966511800006x
Impact of Welfare Benefit Sanctioning on Food Insecurity: a Dynamic Cross-Area Study of Food Bank Usage in the UK
LOOPSTRA, R., FLEDDERJOHANN, J., REEVES, A., & STUCKLER, D. (2018). Impact of Welfare Benefit Sanctioning on Food Insecurity: a Dynamic Cross-Area Study of Food Bank Usage in the UK. Journal of Social Policy, 47(3), 437-457. doi:10.1017/s0047279417000915
Rising food bank use in the UK: Sign of a new public health emergency?
Loopstra, R. (2018). Rising food bank use in the UK: Sign of a new public health emergency?. Nutrition Bulletin, 43(1), 53-60. doi:10.1111/nbu.12306
2017
The impact of economic downturns and budget cuts on homelessness claim rates across 323 local authorities in England, 2004-12 (vol 38, pg 417, 2016)
Loopstra, R., Reeves, A., Barr, B., Taylor-Robinson, D., McKee, M., & Stuckler, D. (2017). The impact of economic downturns and budget cuts on homelessness claim rates across 323 local authorities in England, 2004-12 (vol 38, pg 417, 2016). JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 39(4), 874. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdx083
The growing disconnect between food prices and wages in Europe: cross-national analysis of food deprivation and welfare regimes in twenty-one EU countries, 2004-2012.
Reeves, A., Loopstra, R., & Stuckler, D. (2017). The growing disconnect between food prices and wages in Europe: cross-national analysis of food deprivation and welfare regimes in twenty-one EU countries, 2004-2012.. Public health nutrition, 20(8), 1414-1422. doi:10.1017/s1368980017000167
‘Set up to Fail’? How Welfare Conditionality Undermines Citizenship for Vulnerable Groups
Reeves, A., & Loopstra, R. (2017). ‘Set up to Fail’? How Welfare Conditionality Undermines Citizenship for Vulnerable Groups. Social Policy and Society, 16(2), 327-338. doi:10.1017/s1474746416000646
Is trade liberalisation a vector for the spread of sugar-sweetened beverages? A cross-national longitudinal analysis of 44 low- and middle-income countries.
Mendez Lopez, A., Loopstra, R., McKee, M., & Stuckler, D. (2017). Is trade liberalisation a vector for the spread of sugar-sweetened beverages? A cross-national longitudinal analysis of 44 low- and middle-income countries.. Social science & medicine (1982), 172, 21-27. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.11.001
2016
The impact of housing payment problems on health status during economic recession: A comparative analysis of longitudinal EU SILC data of 27 European states, 2008-2010.
Clair, A., Loopstra, R., Reeves, A., McKee, M., Dorling, D., & Stuckler, D. (2016). The impact of housing payment problems on health status during economic recession: A comparative analysis of longitudinal EU SILC data of 27 European states, 2008-2010.. SSM - population health, 2, 306-316. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.05.006
The impact of the housing crisis on self-reported health in Europe: multilevel longitudinal modelling of 27 EU countries.
Clair, A., Reeves, A., Loopstra, R., McKee, M., Dorling, D., & Stuckler, D. (2016). The impact of the housing crisis on self-reported health in Europe: multilevel longitudinal modelling of 27 EU countries.. European journal of public health, 26(5), 788-793. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckw071
The impact of economic downturns and budget cuts on homelessness claim rates across 323 local authorities in England, 2004–12
Loopstra, R., Reeves, A., Barr, B., Taylor-Robinson, D., McKee, M., & Stuckler, D. (2016). The impact of economic downturns and budget cuts on homelessness claim rates across 323 local authorities in England, 2004–12. Journal of Public Health, 38(3), 417-425. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdv126
Food insecurity and social protection in Europe: Quasi-natural experiment of Europe's great recessions 2004-2012.
Loopstra, R., Reeves, A., McKee, M., & Stuckler, D. (2016). Food insecurity and social protection in Europe: Quasi-natural experiment of Europe's great recessions 2004-2012.. Preventive medicine, 89, 44-50. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.05.010
'First, do no harm': are disability assessments associated with adverse trends in mental health? A longitudinal ecological study.
Barr, B., Taylor-Robinson, D., Stuckler, D., Loopstra, R., Reeves, A., & Whitehead, M. (2016). 'First, do no harm': are disability assessments associated with adverse trends in mental health? A longitudinal ecological study.. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 70, 339-345. doi:10.1136/jech-2015-206209
Austerity and old-age mortality in England: a longitudinal cross-local area analysis, 2007-2013
Loopstra, R., McKee, M., Katikireddi, S. V., Taylor-Robinson, D., Barr, B., & Stuckler, D. (2016). Austerity and old-age mortality in England: a longitudinal cross-local area analysis, 2007-2013. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 109(3), 109-116. doi:10.1177/0141076816632215
2015
Fit-for-work or fit-for-unemployment? Does the reassessment of disability benefit claimants using a tougher work capability assessment help people into work?
Barr, B., Taylor-Robinson, D., Stuckler, D., Loopstra, R., Reeves, A., Wickham, S., & Whitehead, M. (2015). Fit-for-work or fit-for-unemployment? Does the reassessment of disability benefit claimants using a tougher work capability assessment help people into work?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70(5), 452-458. doi:10.1136/jech-2015-206333
Cross-national comparison of socioeconomic inequalities in obesity in the United States and Canada.
Siddiqi, A., Brown, R., Nguyen, Q. C., Loopstra, R., & Kawachi, I. (2015). Cross-national comparison of socioeconomic inequalities in obesity in the United States and Canada.. International journal for equity in health, 14, 116. doi:10.1186/s12939-015-0251-2
The impact of housing arrears on health during the recession in Europe
Clair, A., Reeves, A., Loopstra, R., McKee, M., Dorling, D., & Stuckler, D. (2015). The impact of housing arrears on health during the recession in Europe. European Journal of Public Health, 25(suppl_3). doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckv175.058
An Exploration of the Unprecedented Decline in the Prevalence of Household Food Insecurity in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2007–2012
Loopstra, R., Dachner, N., & Tarasuk, V. (2015). An Exploration of the Unprecedented Decline in the Prevalence of Household Food Insecurity in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2007–2012. Canadian Public Policy, 41(3), 191-206. doi:10.3138/cpp.2014-080
Rising food insecurity in Europe.
Loopstra, R., Reeves, A., & Stuckler, D. (2015). Rising food insecurity in Europe.. Lancet (London, England), 385(9982), 2041. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60983-7
Austerity, sanctions, and the rise of food banks in the UK.
Loopstra, R., Reeves, A., Taylor-Robinson, D., Barr, B., McKee, M., & Stuckler, D. (2015). Austerity, sanctions, and the rise of food banks in the UK.. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 350. doi:10.1136/bmj.h1775
Food Bank Usage Is a Poor Indicator of Food Insecurity: Insights from Canada
Loopstra, R., & Tarasuk, V. (2015). Food Bank Usage Is a Poor Indicator of Food Insecurity: Insights from Canada. Social Policy and Society, 14(3), 443-455. doi:10.1017/s1474746415000184
2014
Are austerity measures in England driving rises in homelessness? Evidence from 324 Local Authorities 2004-2012
Loopstra, R., Reeves, A., Barr, B., Taylor-Robinson, D., & Stuckler, D. (2014). Are austerity measures in England driving rises in homelessness? Evidence from 324 Local Authorities 2004-2012. European Journal of Public Health, 24(suppl_2). doi:10.1093/eurpub/cku166.082