Analysts and food security professionals point to the dual impact last year of high inflation and the gradual expiration of multiple pandemic-era government assistance measures.
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Food insecurity among families with children rose significantly last year after falling markedly in 2021, according to a US Department of Agriculture report released Wednesday. Children were food insecure at times in 3.
The new report paints a sobering picture of post-pandemic hardship with “statistically significant” increases in food insecurity across multiple categories.
17 million U.S. households were food insecure in 2022. That's 3.5 million more than the prior year. Families with children and people of color experienced higher than average rates of food insecurity.
The number of people living in food-insecure households in the United States in 2022 increased to 44 million, including 13 million children, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently.
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