The 160-page report, titled Hunger in America 2014, claims to be the largest, most comprehensive study of hunger in the U.S. ever conducted. It took four years to produce and involved interviews with 60,000 people whose households are served by the charity.
The group's report is full of shocking statistics:
- Feeding America provides food for 15.5 million households, or 46.5 million people nationwide.
- More than 12 million households are forced to eat unhealthy food because they can’t afford better-quality groceries. They risk adverse health effects that can make their financial plight worse.
- 66 percent of households said they’ve had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care. Thirty-one percent said they had to make that choice every month.
- 69 percent of households that rely on food charities to survive have been forced to choose between paying for utilities and paying for food.
The Huffington Post
Hunter Stuart
New normal. Mission accomplished for neoliberal capitalism. They have succeeded in excluding even more of those ugly and inferior castes from the economy intended for the Beautiful People.
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