You might be food insecure if the food that you  bought didn’t last as long as planned and you didn’t have money to get more. – US Food Security Scale

Children with unemployed parents have higher rates of food insecurity than children with employed parents – USDA Economic Research Service

In rural areas access to healthy foods is also affected by lack of transportation and long distances between residences and supermarkets or grocery stores. – USDA Economic Research Service

Workers who experienced hunger as children are not as well prepared physically, mentally, emotionally, or socially to perform effectively in the contemporary workforce. – Nokidhungry.org

A higher prevalence of depression is observed with worsening food insecurity. While very low food security was significantly associated with even higher odds of depression. – Journal of Nutrition

Food insecurity may have profound effects on child development, including mental health risks for children from food insecure homes. – Oshner Journal

As the severity of childhood food insecurity increases, so do the odds of youth having a mental disorder or mental disorder with increasingly higher levels of impairment. – Journal of Nutrition

The condition of food insecurity includes both inadequate quantities and inadequate quality of nutrients available. – Nokiodhungry.org

Youth is a critical time for mental disorders, which are linked to food insecurity, because first onset is usually at this time. With 50% of mental disorders experienced by age 14. – Journal of Nutrition

Because food insecurity weakens the immune system, food insecure children are more vulnerable to infections, thus end up hospitalized with illnesses that their food secure peers fight off successfully. – Nokidhungry.org