(Source: The Heritage Foundation) February 11, 2016 | Testimony on Poverty and Inequality By Robert Rector Executive Summary There are frequent claims of widespread hunger in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has defined hunger as 'the uneasy or painful sensation caused by lack of food.' Hunger is a temporary sensation of discomfort; it is very different from and less severe than malnutrition. The most widely accepted measure of hunger is the very low food security (VLFS) measure within the USDA's annual household food security survey. According to the USDA, in households with VLFS, the 'eating patterns of one or more household members were disrupted and their food...
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