Food insecurity “refers to the USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, health life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods,” according to the Map the Meal Gap report.
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Food insecurity “refers to the USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, health life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods,” according to the Map the Meal Gap report.