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15% Americans Don't Have Regular Access to Nutritious Meals

by VR Sreeraman on September 03, 2010 at 1:44 PM General Health News

More than 49 million people in the United States do not have regular access to nutritious meals, putting them at risk of a raft of physical, psychological and social problems, a report said Thursday.

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Nearly 15 percent of households in the United States, representing 49.1 million individuals, experienced food insecurity sometime during 2008, says the report published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

"Food insecurity is often triggered by an event that stresses the household budget -- losing a job or assistance benefits... or gaining a household member," the report said.

With earlier studies showing that food insecurity is linked to poverty and worsens when the economy slows down, the report warned that the number of Americans who have trouble getting a nutritious meal is likely to rise.

Other factors that contribute to food insecurity are high housing and utility costs, medical and health costs, mental health problems, poor education, transportation costs, substance abuse and even smoking -- a pack of cigarettes costs 7.00 dollars in some US cities.

"Food-insecure households must often choose between buying food and buying and paying for other items or needs, including medication, healthful housing conditions and utility costs for heating or cooling," the report said.

More than a third of the food-insecure people in the United States -- or 17.3 million people including 1.1 million children -- in 2008 lived in households where eating patterns were severely disrupted and food intake was greatly reduced.

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