Nutrition & You (3rd Edition)
Nutrition & You (3rd Edition)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780321910400
Author: Joan Salge Blake
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 5TF
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To explain: Whether the statement “children are at a higher risk for food insecurity than are adults” is true or false.

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Food insecurity refers to the unavailability of nutritionally sufficient and healthy food due to inadequate or uncertain quantity. Food insecurity is where there is improper, unfair, and insufficient production, distribution, and exchange respectively in a population. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the food insecurity is defined as a lack of consistent access to sufficient food for a healthy and active life.

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