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According to Anelyse M. Weiler, Professor of Sociology at University of Victoria, “Food security is commonly defined as existing ‘when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life’” Food ...
Food insecurity by household in America, 2012. Research by the USDA found that 11.1% of American households were food insecure during at least some of 2018, with 4.3% suffering from "very low food security". [30] Breaking that down to 14.3 million households that experienced food insecurity. [29]
[4] [5] The film sees directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine the issue of hunger in America, largely through the stories of three people suffering from food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is trying to provide a better life for her two children.
According to Feeding America, by the end of this year 50 million Americans are likely to face food insecurity. Currently, 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 4 children are food insecure in the United States.
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In 2018, the USDA announced that food insecurity had been steadily declining since the 2009 recession ended. [19] In 2020, Feeding America said that there were about 11 million children suffering from hunger in the United States. Children, along with families and seniors having trouble making ends meet, were suffering the most. [20]
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is a book written by Barbara Ehrenreich. Written from her perspective as an undercover journalist, it sets out to investigate the impact of the 1996 welfare reform act on the working poor in the United States. The events related in the book took place between spring 1998 and summer 2000.