Table 1.

Dimensions of food poverty [own adaption from (37), p. 9].

Dimensions and sub-dimensions	Description	Examples of deprivation
Material dimensions
Economic	Financial means to purchase food	Impairment of participation in food consumption
Physical	Institutional and infrastructural food supply, self-sufficiency options	Lack of spatial access to food and supply services
Physiological	Supply with energy and nutrients	Impairment of mental and physical performance and health due to nutritional status
Hygienic	Supply and availability of safe food	Health impairment due to contaminated foods
Social dimensions
Social	Social organization, integration and demarcation, social security, communication	Impairment of social relationships (e.g., when invitations can no longer be returned), social exclusion
Cultural	Normative value systems, food customs and traditions, edibility, taste	Deviation from socio-culturally accepted diets and eating habits
Mental	Pleasure, emotional security, compensation, self-esteem	Loss of self-affirmation, overcompensating to bizarre coping strategies
Temporal	Effects of frequency and duration of certain nutritional situations over time	Subsequent impacts in various subdimensions