A Closer Look at Food Insecurity [stateofchildhoodobesity.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 2/13/2012:00 PM

From the Urban Institute, February 2020

40 million Americans, including 12.5 million children, face food insecureity, meaning they don’t have adequate access to healthy food. The Urban Institute recently released an interactive map that allows users to explore county-level food insecurity throughout the country and identify relevant risk factors.

We sat down with Urban Institute fellow Elaine Waxman to learn more about the tool, the implications of food insecurity, and how the tool helps identify solutions to combat food insecurity.

[Please click here to read more.]

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