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by lackbeard 3635 days ago
No one is starving in the US anymore. The poor are fat, and have cell phones.
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drabiega 3635 days ago
False.

> An estimated 14.0 percent of American households were food insecure at least some time during the year in 2014, meaning they lacked access to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The change from 14.3 percent in 2013 was not statistically significant. The prevalence of very low food security was unchanged at 5.6 percent.

> Economic Research Report No. (ERR-194) 43 pp, September 2015

http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-r...

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Turing_Machine 3635 days ago
Their own definition of "low food insecurity" is:

"Low food security (old label=Food insecurity without hunger): reports of reduced quality, variety, or desirability of diet. Little or no indication of reduced food intake."

http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/foo...

That's not the same as starving. At all.

Their definition of "very low food security" is:

"Reports of multiple indications of disrupted eating patterns and reduced food intake."

WTF does "disrupted eating patterns and reduced food intake" mean? Missing breakfast because you're late? Dieting? Impossible to say.

In any case, very, very few people starve to death in the United States (barring medical conditions like anorexia, metabolism disorders, etc.).

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