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Food Insecurity in the U.S. (Effects of going hungry in children and…
Food Insecurity in the U.S.
Solutions
Make the federal programs more efficient and effective and help more of then two-thirds of the food insecure in america.
Make more of the programs to all of the food insecure familes, currently most programs only assists people below a ceratin poverty line.
Spark a conversation about the reality of hunger in the U.S.
Educate people about the importance of eating healthy and consistantly.
Information about the federal food assistance programs
In 2013 the number of households using the federal assistance programs has stayed pretty constant at 62%
The USDA has 15 different food assistance programs, of which the five main programs use 96% of the USDA's expenditures for food assistance.
In 2006 only two-thirds of the households with food insecurity utilized the federal assistance programs at the time
Research done on the amount of food insecure households in the U.S.
In 2016 the number of households with food insecurity had fallen to 12.3% of American households with 7.4% of American households being low food security and 4.9% very low food security both of which fell from 2013.
83% of households with children in the U.S. were food secure in 2016. In 8.5% of households with children only the adults were food insecure.
In 2013 that number had risen to 14.3% of American households, overall there had been an increase of food insecurity but from 2011 to 2013 it had been decreasing. These households were again split into two groups: low food secuirty (8.6% of American households) and very low food security (5.7% of American households)
About 1 in 6 children in the U.S. do not know where their next meal is coming from. This is about 13 million children facing hunger in the U.S.
In 2006 10.9% of U.S. households were considered to be food insecure broken into two groups: low food security (67% of the 10.9%) and very low food security (33% of the 10.9%).
Effects of going hungry in children and adults
Hungry teens are 5 times as likely to commit suicide
Kids that go hungy have more behavioral and social problems
People who go hungry have a 2.45 times more chance to be obese do to lack of nutrition.
Kids can experience developmental impairments in language and motor skills
Hungry adults are 2.49 times more likely to be in poor health and develop chronic conditions
Kids that go hungry can face being held back in school and struggle to keep up in general at school
Mothers with children in food insecure households can develop depression
Kids that do not eat normally in the first three years have a higher risk of health conditions like anemia and asthma.
Connections to outside food security
Medical costs for hunger accumulate to approxiametly $130.5 billion per year
For every dollar spent on feeding someone $50 is saved in medical bills.
Households that face poverty in the U.S. are more likely to be food insecure