FOOD SECURITY AS AN INDICATOR OF SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

Abstract

The aim of this study was to: defi ne the concept and types of food security and the conditions for its fulfi llment, as well as to characterize the level of consumption of staple foods in the period 2010–2013, next to assess the economic availability of food and diversifi cation of the Polish community in this regard and fi nally to determine the level of energy consumption, its structure and essential nutrients for diff erent socio-economic groups of households for 2000, 2012 and 2013. The paper is based on scientifi c publications and statistical materials. Food security has been identifi ed in the production and sustainability of the food supply and the level of consumption of basic nutrients. In contrast, there are diffi culties in terms of economic availability of food in some groups of the Polish society