Reply #61: The issue is the banishment of the term hunger, but the definition is clear. [View All]

[Gormy Cuss]

Food insecurity as a term covers the broad range of issues with being unable to afford a sufficient supply of nutritious food. WaPo is correct that expunging 'hunger' from the report is another deflection from the reality of the level of poverty in the U.S., but the umbrella term 'food security' is better than the narrowly defined 'hunger.'

Ironically,it was conservatives who first objected to 'food security' as a measure because using the more limiting term 'hunger' painted a much rosier picture of life for the low income because it ignored the large number of people who are one step away from chronic hunger or who can only afford cheap filler food devoid of essential vitamins and good proteins.