https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet...
I'm sure the millions of Ukrainians who were forcibly starved during the Holodomor really appreciated the low calorie diets supplied by the USSR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
Characterizing the forcible starvation of millions as "a period of food insecurity" is peak techie-communism for me. Thanks for the laugh! :)