Household Food Security in the United States, 2002

[摘要] Eighty-nine percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year 2002, meaning that they had access, at all times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households were food insecure at least some time during that year. The prevalence of food insecurity rose from 10.7 percent in 2001 to 11.1 percent in 2002, and the prevalence of food insecurity with hunger rose from 3.3 percent to 3.5 percent. This report, based on data from the December 2002 food security survey, provides statistics on the food security of U.S. households, as well as on how much they spent for food and the extent to which food-insecure households participated in Federal and community food assistance programs.

[发布日期] 2003-10-30 [发布机构] United States Department of Agriculture

[学科分类] 农业科学（综合）

[关键词] food security;food insecurity;hunger;hungry;food assistance;food spending;food pantry;soup kitchen;emergency kitchen;well-being;Food Stamp Program;National School Lunch Program;WIC;Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program