With school out for the summer, nearly 13 million children in the U.S. will not have guaranteed access to regular meals. Food insecurity, a reality for so many American families, tends to get worse in ...

Struggling to afford food today could mean heart problems tomorrow. Young adults experiencing food insecurity have a 41% greater risk of developing heart disease in midlife, even after accounting for ...

Feeding America this week released its annual report analyzing data on food insecurity and the meal gap in the U.S. Locally, rural counties had the highest rates of food insecurity, based on 2022 data ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - One in seven people in Missouri are food insecure which is more than 15 percent of the population. One in Five children in Missouri face hunger, and 44.8 percent of the ...

Food insecurity is not only linked with, but directly causes symptoms of anxiety and depression, according to research published in the open-access journal PLOS Mental Health. Melissa Bateson of ...

I’ve volunteered for Arlington EATS, my local food pantry, for years. And I often wonder: What more can I do? I feel this way now more than ever, as grocery prices rise and food banks struggle to keep ...

More than 2 million adults across Massachusetts, representing over one-third of households, are unable to afford enough food or are uncertain where their next meal will come from, according to a study ...

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