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U.S. media: Continued inflation and other factors make the U.S. food insecurity reached the highest level in nearly a decade

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According to the U.S. media "Salon" reported, in the United States around the people have expressed their own more and more difficult to bear rising food prices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released an "explosive" new report reveals that the United States about 18 million families (accounting for 13.5% of the total number of U.S. households) difficult to obtain sufficient food, with food insecurity at its highest level in nearly a decade. The report notes that this continuing trend is worrisome, up from 12.8 percent in 2022 and more than 10 percent in 2021.

 

The report also highlights another worrisome reality: nearly 9 percent of U.S. households with children face food insecurity, up from 2021. More than 380,000 U.S. families have children who go hungry, miss a meal, or are missing a meal because they don't have enough money to buy food.

 

Various authors of the report noted that the survey "covered 30,863 households, constituting a representative sample of the U.S. civilian population of approximately 133 million households". In response to the report, Eric Mitchell, president of the Alliance to End Hunger, expressed outrage at the growing hunger crisis. In a statement, he said, "The report shows that hunger in America is getting worse, not better. Policymakers must take immediate and decisive action to reverse this trend."


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