Sentences with phrase «not food insecure»

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According to the 2015 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada, one in ten Canadians and one in five children is food insecure, meaning they don't know where their next meal is coming from.

In carrying out the study, researchers made sure to delineate the students who are food insecure — not eating at all or not eating enough because they can't afford to — from students who don't want to eat or want to use their money for other purposes.

Not only would this action avoid another one of those photos that NGOs are so fond of, that show a grocery store dumpster full of perfectly good food headed to the landfill, but it be would another step toward relieving America's growing population of the food insecure.

More than 14 % of households in the U.S. were food insecure, in 2009, meaning they did not know where their next meal would come from.

But at the same time, Brian's sobering story makes clear that millions of American children live in food insecure homes, school meals are often their only dependable source of food, yet for a variety of reasons (parental neglect, stigma, etc.) they may not be getting all the food that's being made available to them at school.

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(To be food insecure means not knowing when or how one will get their next meal.)

A reader recently sent me a Reuters article describing a study from Canada which demonstrates (not surprisingly) that adolescents from food insecure households perform better academically and have better behavior in school when the schools provide meal assistance.

Almost 7 million kids aged 10 - 17 currently live in food - insecure households, meaning they don't have reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.

A reader recently sent me a Reuters article describing a study from Canada which demonstrates (not surprisingly) that adolescents from food insecure households perform better academically and have better behavior in school when the schools provide... [Continue reading]

Currently over 15 million American kids live in households that are «food insecure,» that is, in which families don't always know where their next meal is coming from.

Nearly 8 % of American households with children can be categorized as «food insecure» which means that these families worry about not having enough money to buy food and as a result, often skip meals, substitute cheaper food, or eat less.

About one in 12 Illinois residents is «food insecure,» food bank officials say, meaning they can't take their next meal for granted.

In Ohio, where more than 1 in 5 children live in food - insecure homes, breakfast each day is not guaranteed.

Through this project, we can help young adults who have left school and have no permanent residence; residents of emergency shelters (including those seeking refuge from domestic violence); individuals in transition from homelessness who are not self - sufficient; and homeless and food - insecure individuals using local food pantries.»

If someone is food insecure and isn't sure where their next meal is coming from, it makes a lot of sense for them to overeat when they get the chance.

Of households that experience food insecurity, less than two - thirds participate in one of the main federal anti-hunger programs: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); the National School Lunch Program; or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).38 In part, this is because many food insecure households are not eligible for nutrition assistance or because certain barriers exist, such as the stigma associated with participating in programs designed to benefit low - income families.

Wisconsin Hope Lab recently conducted the largest national college survey that illustrated over 36 % of students were food insecure (not enough money to eat).

Sadly, I was not aware that Oklahoma ranks first, tied with Arkansas, in the number of people who are «very low food insecure,» — or simply put, hungry.

Just as when people are food insecure, when individuals aren't sure where they can stay or sleep, it's incredibly difficult to focus on other challenges, legal or otherwise.

Approximately 111,279 households in Nebraska were food insecure in 2016 — meaning they didn't know where their next meal was coming from at some point during the last year.

The impact of food insecurity is not limited to just physical health and poor school performance; children who live in food insecure homes are also more likely to have mental health challenges during adolescence and young adulthood.

In food insecure households, federal food assistance program participation generally decreased the odds of being at risk of overweight in girls but not boys.

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey reports that 43 percent of the county's residents can't afford fair market rent, and some 44,000 are considered food insecure, unsure where they will get their next meal, according to hunger relief agency Feeding America.