Please sir, I want some more: an exploration of repeat foodbank use.

Food insecurity has emerged as a crucial challenge facing UK health professionals and policymakers. This study provides the first estimate of the proportion of individuals receiving emergency food in a single case study location, and demonstrates that foodbank use is becoming more prevalent, although headline figures overstate the scale of this growth. The potential nutrition and wider health consequences of reliance on emergency food - especially among those using foodbanks on multiple occasions - warns of an unfolding public health crisis.