Reply #39: Actually food security has been used for a long time. It has been used in conjunction with [View All]

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hunger for years in these reports.

"In assembling its report, the USDA divides Americans into groups with "food security" and those with "food insecurity," who cannot always afford to keep food on the table. Under the old lexicon, that group -- 11 percent of American households last year -- was categorized into "food insecurity without hunger," meaning people who ate, though sometimes not well, and "food insecurity with hunger," for those who sometimes had no food.


In other words, using the term food insecurity, one actually comes up with a larger number than using the word "hunger", because food insecurity now includes those who may not actually be hungry but they also aren't eating well because they can't afford to (for example, not getting enough fresh fruits and vegetables). High starch, fat and sugar calories are cheaper than calories from fresh fruits and vegetables. You might not feel hungry but you won't be healthy either, because you can only afford crappy food.