NUTR 8020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Food Security, Working Poor, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
27 May 2019
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Food security: access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. Food insecurity: limited or uncertain ability to acquire or consume an adequate quality or sufficient quantity of food in socially acceptable ways. Having too little money to meet minimum needs for food, clothing, and shelter. In 2013, 14. 5% of people (over 45. 3 million people) lived in poverty. 20% of children under the age of 18 lived in poverty. Dollar amounts below which a family would be viewed as living in poverty. Used for calculating all official poverty population statistics. Who are the food insecure in the us. Causes of hunger and food insecurity are many and interrelated. Poverty is a chronic cause of food insecurity. Diets of households experiencing food insecurity are inadequate. Food insecurity can lead to physical, social, and mental health problems. Low-paying jobs result in incomes inadequate to meet fixed expenses.
