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food insecurity

What is food insecurity? Food insecurity according to health.gov is "a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food."

1st type LOW FOOD SECURITY

2nd type VERY LOW FOOD SECURITY

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Some factors influencing food insecurity:

Disability

Unemployement

Disabled adults are at higher risk for food insecurity due to limited employment and health-care related expenses that reduce the income available to buy food.

Children with unemployed parents have higher rates of food insecurity than children with employed parents.

Some factors influencing these disparities:

Racial/Ethnic Disparities

-neighborhood conditions: people living in some urban, rural, and low-income neighborhoods may have limited access to supermarkets/grocery stores. -transportation: residents who lack access to public transportation or a personal vehicle have limited access to food.

Black non-hispanic households were over 2 times more likely to be food insecure than the national average. In Hispanic households, the prevalence of food insecurity was 17.2% compared to the national average of 10.5%.(2020)

Possible Solutions:

2021

-Food assistance programs such as the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), the Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Food secure households Food insecure adults only Food insecure children and adults Low food insecurity among children Very low food insecurity among children

References

Food insecurity.(2020).Food Insecurity - Healthy People 2030. https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health/literature-summaries/food-insecurity U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2023). Food Accessibility, insecurity and health outcomes. National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/resources/understanding-health-disparities/food-accessibility-insecurity-and-health-outcomes.html