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Ten Per Cent of Americans Went Hungry in 2006
December 03, 2007 at 11:54 AM
General Health News
Only a couple of days ago, it was noted food banks were running short, placing the survival of the poor and marginalized in jeopardy.
More than 35 million people in a country of some 294 million went hungry, 390,000 more than in 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest Household Food Security report.
Of the total, 12.63 million were children. Put another way, nearly one in five U.S. children either went without enough food during the course of the year or had food but could never take future meals for granted.
The report comes as Congress debates the 2007 Farm Bill, a five-year piece of legislation affecting everything from agricultural subsidies to nutritional programmes for the poor, notes Abid Aslam of IPS News.
Anti-hunger activists lamented the findings.
"The U.S. is the only industrialised nation that still allows hunger within its borders," said David Beckmann, president of the advocacy group Bread for the World.
Jim Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Centre, warned the situation likely has worsened since the agriculture department surveyed the populace in December 2006.
"As costs for food, energy, and housing continue to rise and wages stagnate or decline, households are finding themselves increasingly strapped," Weill said. "This may mean even worse numbers in 2007. We need to do more to make sure that households have access to healthy food by improving and expanding proven programmes that help."
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