[alboy]

The USDA defines[1] food insecurity to include the following:

>Food Insecurity

>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.

People in other countries would scratch their heads at the very concept of "food insecurity without hunger".

[1] https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo...

[ModernMech]

There are two levels of food insecurity described in your source. Why did you only quote the one?

  Very low food security—In these food-insecure households, normal eating patterns of one or more household members were disrupted and food intake was reduced at times during the year because they had insufficient money or other resources for food. 

  3.9 percent (5.1 million) of U.S. households had very low food security at some time during 2020.

And according to the graph at the bottom it's still true that people who are Low Food Security are hungry -- just at a lower yet non-zero rate compared to Very Low Food Security.

[alboy]

>Why did you only quote the one?

Because it is the part that is the most misleading about this statistic.