Food hardship in the U.S. is on the rise, according to a new report from the Food Research and Action Center.
Randy Rosso, a senior policy and research analyst, says food hardship, or the inability to afford food for you or your family, increased from 15.1 to 15.7 in 2017.
The report also found that food hardship rates in households with children are 1.3 times higher than those without children.
“Often children are sheltered from the affects of food insecurity or food hardship by the parents because they’ll cut their own meals before cutting their children’s meal,” he says.
