And given that most people exaggerate, including problems (I do not think that is an exaggeration), esp. when dealing with memory of past experiences as "wasn't enough money" (while a Study says authors exaggerate their findings in paper abstracts ,"
plus the scope of these answers on experiences being over the course of a whole year;
in addition to the exaggerated nature of a condition based upon affirming three or more negative experiences,
then "food insecurity" is a grossly misleading term, esp. as typically used, as they ignore the "wide range of severity of food insecurity" from Least severe to Most severe.
In which answering "sometimes" to the question,
Was this statement often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months? "We worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more,"
means that "Study finds nearly 25% of Americans are food insecure." (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-in-four-americans-food-insecure/)
And, Almost 30 million Americans didn't have enough food to eat .(https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/31/us/food-insecurity-30-million-census-survey/index.html)
I suppose that why we have an obesity epidemic....................
Require all female heads of housholds to get norplant as a condition of receiving public assistance.
It never has been, it isn’t now, and it will never be the constitutional responsibility of the government to feed people or tell them what to eat.
Forgot to ask them how many free meals their kids consumed at school or daycare
Our ES was free breakfast and lunch for ALL so no kid would be “ embarrassed”
Summers all the schools, camps, daycares turned into “ free” feeding centers to continue feeding kids twice a day plus sending home food backpacks to cover the weekends
Yes America is truly a heartless land of starving the poor
In which answering "sometimes" to the question, Was this statement often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months? "We worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more," means that "Study finds nearly 25% of Americans are food insecure." (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-in-four-americans-food-insecure/) And, Almost 30 million Americans didn't have enough food to eat .(https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/31/us/food-insecurity-30-million-census-survey/index.html)
Actually 2 more questions would have to be answered as "sometimes" or "Yes," , such as:
3. "We couldn't afford to eat balanced meals." Was that often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months?" 6. "In the last 12 months, did you ever eat less than you felt you should because there wasn't enough money for food?" (Yes/No)
Do you smoke - yes or no
Do you drink alcohol - yes or no
Do you have cable TV - yes or no
Do you have a cell phone - yes or no (and if yes how many in your household)
Do you drink starbucks coffee (or similar high end coffee) yes or no
Do you eat out more then once a month - yes or no (if so how many times do you eat out in a month)
I have been poor. Few people realize where the holes in their pockets are (so it is good to keep track of your spending habits).
It is funny to see the “homeless” on the street smoking. Cigarettes are expensive. If you got money for cigarettes you have money for food.
All designed to keep the welfare system growing and growing and growing...
If it were actually true that 25% of Americans are hungry, I could only conclude that it’s all the obese poor people stealing their food that could be causing it.
I thought all problems were solved when Lyndon Johnson declared War on Poverty back in 1964.
As one Hillbilly said...”If he wants me in his war on poverty he is going to have to draft me!”
Most of those food insecure are fat.
Most plentiful supply of cheap calories in all of world history. We are the fattest country on earth. We are the fattest country in the entire history of mankind.
There is NO “food insecurity.”
It’s another government make-work program just like climate change and racism.