Who is food insecure? What does that mean?
Food insecurity is changing. It's no longer just people holding signs on a street, or people going to food banks. It is people who are in housing, people who are working, people who can't make it check to check with reliable food.
What is Food Insecurity?
Food Insecurity means not having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
This means you can be food insecure even if you have access to food. Food security does not always mean hunger.
Who is Food Insecure?
In 2014, 1.7 million veterans used Food Stamp (SNAP) benefits; over 34,000 in South Carolina alone (Keith-Jennings, 2014).
Expectation Vs. Reality
Expectation:
The plate on the left is from ChooseMyPlate.gov. MyPlate advocates for healthy eating through a focus on a variety of nutrition, and foods and beverages with less saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars. Fruits and vegetables account for half of the plate, proteins slightly less than a quarter, and grains just over a quarter.
Reality:
Based on surveys conducted (in the Southeast), fruits and vegetables are not prevalent all of the time. There is a large focus on grains and sweets and sugars take up enough to be their own category. You can be food insecure and still have food.
The plate on the left is from ChooseMyPlate.gov. MyPlate advocates for healthy eating through a focus on a variety of nutrition, and foods and beverages with less saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars. Fruits and vegetables account for half of the plate, proteins slightly less than a quarter, and grains just over a quarter.
Reality:
Based on surveys conducted (in the Southeast), fruits and vegetables are not prevalent all of the time. There is a large focus on grains and sweets and sugars take up enough to be their own category. You can be food insecure and still have food.
..Sufficient quantity of affordable nutritious food.
Amount of food groups per day for a balanced, food secure diet.
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Keith-Jennings, B. (2014, November 11). SNAP Helps Roughly 1.7 Million Struggling Veterans, Including Thousands in Every State. Retrieved February, 2016, from http://www.cbpp.org/research/snap-helps-roughly-17-million-struggling-veterans-including-thousands-in-every-state
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