Food insecurity is a real thing

[Woodznutz]

You are wrong again. Yet again.

• 95 percent of adults and 98 percent of teens have an inadequate vitamin D intake. (This would include most 'poor' people.)

Three glasses of vitamin D fortified milk and 20 minutes in the sunshine daily provide all the vitamin D needed. Are we unable to do this?

 

[Correll]

Not at all. I feel very sad for such people. But those without empathy cannot be saved and can't be allowed to affect our children. Like dead wood they need to be discarded before the insects infect the house.

Very divisive of you.


Hey, alternatively, don't burn down stores or loot stores and then whine like a ******* moron, when the stores are gone.

 

[Woodznutz]

Once a week a large bus would collect oldsters from around the area and bring them to my supermarket where they loaded up on groceries. However, I haven't seen them for a while. I'm guessing they are going to a lower cost store. My store is rather upscale. Point is that programs such as this mitigate the 'food desert' problem.

My store also has a delivery service. I always see clerks filling shopping carts from shopping lists.

 

[Woodznutz]

Here's a thought. Allow SNAP recipients to use part of their allowance for transportation costs to and from food stores.

 

[Lisa558]

Here's a thought. Allow SNAP recipients to use part of their allowance for transportation costs to and from food stores.

That’s actually a great idea. They could cut out the soda and Fritos, etc., and use that money for a bus.

 

[Woodznutz]

That’s actually a great idea. They could cut out the soda and Fritos, etc., and use that money for a bus.

My family was without a car for many years back in the day. My grandmother would take a cab to the A&P and bring back a trunkful of groceries once every two months or so. Us kids were also tasked with shopping for food at a small local grocery store where we had a charge account. It was on the way home from school and we would call home from there for anything needed. My dad arranged a charge account with the store and paid the bill monthly. Great system for us.

When we finally got a car we would travel across town to a large "Piggly Wiggly" supermarket and stock up on canned and dry goods, which lasted for a full year. Milk was delivered and meat was bought at a local store. We ate good even in lean times.

 

[Lisa558]

My family was without a car for many years back in the day. My grandmother would take a cab to the A&P and bring back a trunkful of groceries once every two months or so. Us kids were also tasked with shopping for food at a small local grocery store where we had a charge account. It was on the way home from school and we would call home from there for anything needed. My dad arranged a charge account with the store and paid the bill monthly. Great system for us.

When we finally got a car we would travel across town to a large "Piggly Wiggly" supermarket and stock up on canned and dry goods, which lasted for a full year. Milk was delivered and meat was bought at a local store. We ate good even in lean times.

My uncle had to stop driving in his mid-80s. Once a week after that, until he was 95, he walked two blocks with his foldable cart, boarded the bus, and took it 20 minutes to the grocery store.

If a 95-year-old could take the bus, then able-bodied adults in their prime on food stamps certainly can - especially when other people pay their bus fare.

 

[Mac-7]

Food insecurity. It exists. It hurts people from all walks of life.

Those who deny it lack empathy and should be excluded from your family, your church, your social organizations, your schools. Caveat: do feed their children if they suffer this insecurity. In fact, their children should be removed from parental control.

Yes, “food insecurity” is a real and well-defined concept used by governments, researchers, and humanitarian organizations worldwide.

Definition

According to the Oxford Dictionary:

Food insecurity is “the condition of not having access to sufficient food, or food of an adequate quality, to meet one's basic needs.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines it as:

“A household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.”

Level	Description
High food security	No problems or limitations in accessing food
Marginal food security	Occasional anxiety about food sufficiency
Low food security	Reduced quality, variety, or desirability of diet
Very low food security	Disrupted eating patterns and reduced food intake

Global Impact

• Over 2.4 billion people worldwide experience moderate or severe food insecurity
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• In the U.S., millions of households face food insecurity annually due to poverty, unemployment, and systemic barriers

Why It Matters

Food insecurity affects:

• Physical health: Malnutrition, chronic diseases
• Mental health: Anxiety, depression
• Child development: Learning difficulties, stunted growth
• Economic productivity: Reduced work and school performance

So yes, it’s not just a buzzword—it’s a measurable and impactful condition that shapes lives and policy decisions globally.

Would you like to explore how food insecurity is measured or how it intersects with poverty and public health?

Levels of Food Insecurity (USDA Classification

food insecurity definition - Bing

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Food Security in the U.S. - Definitions of Food Security | Economic Research Service

In 2006, USDA introduced new language to describe ranges of severity of food insecurity in response to recommendations by an expert panel convened at USDA’s request by the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies.

www.ers.usda.gov

Food insecurity | Description, Causes, & Facts | Britannica

Food insecurity, the limited or uncertain access to nutritious food, which also includes limitations on the ability to obtain nutritious food in ways that are socially acceptable. Approximately 2.4 billion people worldwide (some 29.6 percent of the human population) experience moderate or severe

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What is Food Insecurity? | Feeding America

Hunger affects millions of people in America. Learn about the root causes of food insecurity and hunger in America and it's impacts.

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Able bodied adults should not be getting food stamps

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Very divisive of you.

Hey, alternatively, don't burn down stores or loot stores and then whine like a ******* moron, when the stores are gone.

It is not divisive to protect people against those who have no emapthy.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Able bodied adults should not be getting food stamps

If they are unable to work because of mental or emotional damage, then you are wrong.

If UE was 14.8% as it was under Trump, then you are wrong.

 

[Mac-7]

John Edgar Slow Horses

If they are unable to work because of mental or emotional damage, then you are wrong.

If UE was 14.8% as it was under Trump, then you are wrong.

“Emotional damage?”

Thats a joke, right?

If able bodied adults need a lollipop or a petting pony they can worry about that after doing 8 hours at work

 

[Correll]

It is not divisive to protect people against those who have no emapthy.

It is divisive to recommend breaking families up, or isolating people from their friends or peers.

you are a heartless monster.


People like you need to be treated more harshly by society.

 

[Woodznutz]

My uncle had to stop driving in his mid-80s. Once a week after that, until he was 95, he walked two blocks with his foldable cart, boarded the bus, and took it 20 minutes to the grocery store.

If a 95-year-old could take the bus, then able-bodied adults in their prime on food stamps certainly can - especially when other people pay their bus fare.

We had an Indian lady tenant that walked the whole way with her foldable cart to the store and back, 1-1/2 miles each way. She did this for years even though she could afford the bus fare. It was just her thing I guess.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

It is divisive to recommend breaking families up, or isolating people from their friends or peers.

you are a heartless monster.


People like you need to be treated more harshly by society.

If there is toxic, empathy you just demonstrated it.

 

[Correll]

If there is toxic, empathy you just demonstrated it.

you are talking shit, to justify your vile behavior.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

you are talking shit, to justify your vile behavior.

Yep, you are demonstrating toxic behavior.

 

[Woodznutz]

It is divisive to recommend breaking families up, or isolating people from their friends or peers.

you are a heartless monster.


People like you need to be treated more harshly by society.

So, no one should be sent to prison?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

So, no one should be sent to prison?

Certianly those who don't have empathy. They are enemies of their fellow kind.

 

[Woodznutz]

Certianly those who don't have empathy. They are enemies of their fellow kind.

We're gonna need a lot more prisons.

It's hard to have empathy for stupid, pig-headed people.

 

[Correll]

So, no one should be sent to prison?

The libtard I was talking to, was supporting the idea of cutting people out of your life, over a matter of political disagreements.


He is a heartless asshole.