Food insecurity takes a toll on moms’ mental health
A new study shows that mothers’ mental health suffers when their families face food insecurity.
1 in 8 US military families with kids use food pantries to get by
Approximately one in eight military families with at least one child reported using food pantries in the past year to make ends meet.
More US families face chronic food insecurity than 20 years ago
Food insecurity in the US “is something that families are experiencing over and over again in a persistent way.”
Machine learning uses news to predict food insecurity
A machine learning model that uses news articles to predict food insecurity risks could prioritize emergency food allocation.
Food insecurity can speed older adults’ cognitive decline
Older adults who don’t have enough food to eat may experience cognitive decline equivalent to being as much as 4.5 year older.
Flooding in Africa makes food insecurity much worse
Flooding can affect food security for over 5.6 million people in several African nations both immediately and long after the event.
Emergency programs provided kids with 1.5B meals a month in 2020
When schools closed during the pandemic’s first year, emergency federal programs helped 30 million kids access nearly 1.5 billion meals each month in 2020.