More than 12 million children under the age of eighteen in the United States are food insecure—unable to consistently access adequate amounts of nutritious food necessary for a healthy life. More than three million children under the age of five are food insecure.
What does this mean for the United States? The costs of child food insecurity are great. Food insecurity not only affects a child and his or her family, but is a problem that impacts society economically through a variety of channels. By affecting a child’s health, education, and workforce and job readiness, the impacts of child hunger are more far reaching than one might anticipate.
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