In the UK, over 2.6 million children experience food insecurity, which is defined as those who have limited or unreliable access to food due to a lack of financial resources (Power et al., 2020; The Food Foundation, 2022). Food insecurity increased during the Covid-19 pandemic and is being made worse due to the current cost-of-living crisis. Hunger and a lack of access to adequate nutritious food are highly damaging for a range of child outcomes, including educational attainment (Heflin et al., 2020).
