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Over 4 hours, approximately 25 people who work in food organizations in Georgia, met, reviewed the state of food insecurity, and identified 3 evidence-based solutions that are short-term steps toward a long-term solution to ending limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
Over 4 hours, approximately 25 people who work in food organizations in Georgia, met, reviewed the state of food insecurity, and identified 3 evidence-based solutions that are short-term steps toward a long-term solution to ending limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
FOOD INSECURITY IN GEORGIA. IN GEORGIA, 13% of the population is unable to provide household members with enough food to sustain themselves. Food insecurity is not an isolated issue. Every single county in Georgia has members that live with food insecurity on a daily basis.
USDA’s food and nutrition assistance programs aim to increase food security by providing low-income households access to food for a healthful diet, as well as nutrition education.
Food insecurity affects 1 in 8 Georgians, meaning that about 13% of Georgia’s population does not have consistent access to enough nutritious food. Insufficient food resources can be attributed to numerous factors, and until we measure the true cost of food, some of those factors will be overlooked.
Children and adults were food insecure at times during 2022 in 8.8 percent of U.S. households with children, up from 6.2 percent in 2021 and 7.6 percent in 2020. In 2022, very low food security among children was 1.0 percent, statistically significantly higher than the 0.7 percent in 2021.
25 sie 2021 · Food insecurity costs Georgia $1.78 billion in additional health care costs per year and increases disease risk for a number of serious conditions, including: high blood pressure (25% more common); Type 2 diabetes (25% higher); kidney disease (50% higher); osteoporosis (400% higher); obesity (200% higher); and cancer.4.
