13% of American households experienced food insecurity in 2023, which means "these households were uncertain of having or unable to acquire enough food to meet the needs of all their members because they had insufficient money or other resources for food."
5% (6.8 million households) experienced "very low food security" which is "normal eating patterns of one or more household members were disrupted and food intake was reduced at times during the year because they had insufficient money or other resources for food"
American food security is so bad in plenty of places that we can still get notable increases in academic performance just by giving people food
Lack of access to food is literally holding the US back.
Just because a lot of people are fat, doesn't mean it is evenly distributed.
That is just a right talking point about how we are so spoiled. Plenty of kids need food. Kids learn better when not hungry. And Republicans are cutting school food programs.
