Monday USDA will release the 2008 findings of Household Food Security in the United States, an annual report which provides the most recent statistics on food security among U.S. households. Food security is having consistent, dependable access to enough food for active, healthy living. Food-insecure households are those that at times have difficulty in accessing enough food.
The report also contains statistics on how much households spent for food in 2008, and the extent to which food-insecure households participated in Federal and community food assistance programs.
This annual report is published each November and is being released as Congress begins considering Childhood Nutrition Reauthorization legislation, which impacts the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs. Within this legislation, there is an opportunity to eliminate barriers that keep children from participating in school nutrition programs, improve the quality of school meals and the health of the school environment, and enhance program performance.
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