Food Insecurity - WorldHunger.org Quiz

What percentage of United States households were food insecure in 2023?

• 5.6%

• 9.4%

• 13.5%

• 12.5%

Very low food security for a family means?

• At times during the year they lack money to buy food

• Meals are skipped, or the amount eaten is reduced

• Both the first two answers

• Neither of the first two answers

What happened to food insecurity in the U.S. during 2023?

• It decreased

• It stayed the same

• Everyone was food secure

• It increased

What are root causes of food insecurity in the U.S?

• Poverty

• Discrimination

• High housing costs

• High housing costs

What are the two main reasons that food insecurity increased in 2023?

• Inflation and job losses

• Global instability and climate change

• Inflation and constricting social safety net

• All of the above

What even brought the issue of food insecurity to public awareness and was instrumental in the foundation of the safety net?

• Civil Rights Movement

• The Great Depression

• The War on Poverty

• World War II

Food insecurity grew by what number of people between 2020 and 2023?

• 4.2 million people

• Decreased by 1 million people

• 1 Million people

• 2.2 million people

How might chronic food insecurity impact children?

• Impact learnign

• Impact behavior

• Impact future earning capacity

• All of the above

Who is more than 2 times as likely to experience food insecurity?

• Blacks and Whites

• Latinos and Whites

• Blacks and Latinos

• Asians and Whites

In what region of the United States are people the most food-insecure?

• North

• South

• East

• West