| ▲ | jakeydus a day ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USDA says that 13.7% of US households experienced food insecurity in 2024 [0]. Extrapolate that against population and you get 47 million people. [0]: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo... EDIT since I can't reply to irish-coffee for some reason: nobody said literally starving, OP said experiencing hunger or deprivation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Aurornis a day ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You have to read their definitions. The broad 13.7% category includes everyone who was uncertain about being able to afford food. You have to drill down to "very low food security" to reach the point where someone reports having reduced their food intake, which is a 5.4% number. Still higher than I'd like! But it's not 47 million people. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | loeg a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Food insecurity is a bullshit category we invented because actual hunger is basically solved. Yes, it's (obviously) a much bigger category. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | irishcoffee a day ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> Food insecurity is the limited or uncertain access to enough safe, affordable, and nutritious food to live a healthy life. It means people do not know where their next meal will come from or cannot buy enough healthy food because they lack money or other resources Pretty big gap between literal starving and food insecurity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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