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Experts point that food insecurity can include a lack of access to healthy foods, a lack of choice, and families not knowing where their next meal will come from. Race and geography can both...
Food insecurity, which affects an estimated 15 million Americans (1), is the limited or uncertain availability of safe and nutritionally adequate foods, or the limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways (2).
Food insecurity increases with rising food prices. People may begin to cope by turning to nutrient-poor but calorie-rich foods. Some people may also go hungry. The results could range from micronutrient malnutrition to obesity. The nutritional value of some foods is projected to decline.
3 lip 2024 · Food insecurity and the lack of access to affordable nutritious food are associated with increased risk for multiple chronic health conditions such as diabetes, obesity, heart disease, mental health disorders and other chronic diseases.
6 lip 2022 · Around 2.3 billion people in the world (29.3%) were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021 – 350 million more compared to before the outbreak of the COVID‑19 pandemic. Nearly 924 million people (11.7% of the global population) faced food insecurity at severe levels, an increase of 207 million in two years.
The prevalence of food insecurity trended higher among adults with or without CKD. During 2017–March 2020, the crude prevalence of food insecurity was 31.0% among adults with CKD and 27.7% among adults without CKD.
Women were more likely to live in families experiencing food insecurity (6.5%) than men (5.2%). Adults aged 65 and over were less likely to live in families experiencing food insecurity in the previous 30 days (3.5%) than adults aged 18–34 (6.7%), 35–44 (6.1%), 45–54 (6.9%), and 55–64 (6.4%).
