From the worldhunger.org

 

Hunger in the United States

Six  years after the onset of the financial and economic crisis, hunger remains high in the United States. The financial and economic crisis that erupted in 2008 caused a significant increase in hunger in the United States. This high level of hunger diminished somewhat  in 2013, according to the latest government report (with the most recent statistics) released in September 2015 (Coleman-Jensen 2015a).

• In 2013, 14.3 percent of households (17.5 million households, approximately one in seven), were food insecure (Coleman-Jensen 2014b, p. 1).  This is down slightly from 14.9 percent food insecure in 2008 and 2009  which was  the highest number recorded since these statistics have been kept (Coleman-Jensen 2014b, p.1 ).
  
• In 2013, 5.6 percent of U.S. households (6.8 million households) had very low food security. In this more severe range of food insecurity, the food intake of some household members was reduced and normal eating patterns were disrupted at times during the year due to limited resources (Coleman-Jensen 2014b, p.1) .
  
• Children were food insecure at times during the year in 9.9 percent of households with children. These 3.8 million households were unable at times during the year to provide adequate, nutritious food for their children  While children are usually shielded by their parents, who go hungry themselves, from the disrupted eating patterns and reduced food intake that characterize very low food security, both children and adults experienced instances of very low food security in 0.9 percent of households with children (360,000 households) in 2013 (Coleman-Jensen 2014b, p. 2).
  
• The median [a type of average] food-secure household spent 30 percent more on food than the median food-insecure household of the same size and household composition including food purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (formerly the Food Stamp Program) (Coleman-Jensen 2014b, p. 2).
  
• Rates of food insecurity were substantially higher than the national average for households with incomes near or below the Federal poverty line, households with children headed by single women or single men, and Black and Hispanic households (Coleman-Jensen 2014b, p. 2).
  
• Background: The United States changed the name of its definitions in 2006 that eliminated references to hunger, keeping various categories of food insecurity.  This did not represent a change in what was measured.  Very low food insecurity (described as food insecurity with hunger prior to 2006) means that, at times during the year, the food intake of household members was reduced and their normal eating patterns were disrupted because the household lacked money and other resources for food. This means that people were hungry (in the sense of "the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food" [Oxford English Dictionary 1971] for days each year.
  

 

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Why are we so willing to send money, food, troops overseas or to accept MILLIONS of people from other countries into our own and provide them everything while not helping our own Naturalized citizens, especially our fighting men & women Veterans?


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Nothing is sader than hearing from a child in a public school about how excited he is to receive used worn sneakers as he is being picked up from a homeless shelter on the bus.  It happens all over america, and we can end it in one day if enough people contributed finacially and with their time in programs to help our countries future... the USA Children.

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Yeah.

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This needs to go to Political for an adequate response.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Part of the reason for this is the cost of food. It's completely absurd how much food costs now compared to even 5 years ago. And that's just regular food. Forget about it if you have food allergies or intolerance or want to eat healthy food. And I'm not talking organic- just healthy food. It's way more expensive to buy a 20oz. bottle of orange juice than a 20oz. bottle of Coke. 

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It's disgraceful that the greatest and wealthiest country in all of history still has this has a problem. 

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Part of the reason for this is the cost of food. It's completely absurd how much food costs now compared to even 5 years ago. And that's just regular food. Forget about it if you have food allergies or intolerance or want to eat healthy food. And I'm not talking organic- just healthy food. It's way more expensive to buy a 20oz. bottle of orange juice than a 20oz. bottle of Coke. 

Yup.

 

Something is wrong when you can feed a family of 4 at McD's cheaper than a couple can make a dinner at home. 

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Yup.

 

Something is wrong when you can feed a family of 4 at McD's cheaper than a couple can make a dinner at home. 

Word. It's just the husband and I and our food budget is higher than we would like but that's because we eat healthy food as much as we can without breaking the bank. It's sad to look around the store and see the carts full of crap food being pushed by overweight/obese folks. What's even more sad is they're teaching their kids the same habits. And it's mostly because it's what they can afford. Either that or no one ever taught them how to eat better. Probably both.

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Part of the reason for this is the cost of food. It's completely absurd how much food costs now compared to even 5 years ago. And that's just regular food. Forget about it if you have food allergies or intolerance or want to eat healthy food. And I'm not talking organic- just healthy food. It's way more expensive to buy a 20oz. bottle of orange juice than a 20oz. bottle of Coke. 

 

If it's concentrate or even pulp free, that orange juice is about as bad for you as the Coke.

 

People wondering why poverty so often = obesity need to look no further than the price of potatoes, macaroni and cheese, sodas and white rice compared to more nutritious foods.

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

Lol. In other news 50 million Americans recieve some form of nutritional assistance from the government. What a dirty rotten (politically correct non descript deity) forsaken country!


I mean they only print 3500 per child annually for poor people (earned income tax credit.) what cheapskates!

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From the worldhunger.org

 

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Why are we so willing to send money, food, troops overseas or to accept MILLIONS of people from other countries into our own and provide them everything while not helping our own Naturalized citizens, especially our fighting men & women Veterans?


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Nothing is sader than hearing from a child in a public school about how excited he is to receive used worn sneakers as he is being picked up from a homeless shelter on the bus.  It happens all over america, and we can end it in one day if enough people contributed finacially and with their time in programs to help our countries future... the USA Children.

 

Since people aren't actually going hungry this organization made up a new [BLEEP] term, "food insecure."


 

In a similar note, as we keep ceding more and more power to our rulers, we're "freedom insecure."

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"Why should I give information to you when all you want to do is find something wrong with it?"

Since people aren't actually going hungry this organization made up a new [BAD WORD REMOVED] term, "food insecure."


 

In a similar note, as we keep ceding more and more power to our rulers, we're "freedom insecure."

 

It's all in how you ask a six year old the question, "Do you ever go to bed hungry?"

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato