FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is food insecurity? A person is food insecure when they lack regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life. This may be due to unavailability of food and/or lack of resources to obtain food.

Detailed explanation-2: -Food insecurity-the condition assessed in the food security survey and represented in USDA food security reports-is a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food. Hunger is an individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity.

Detailed explanation-3: -A family experiencing food insecurity may have some members that go hungry and others who do not. For example, parents in food insecure families might have enough food to feed their children, but might experience hunger themselves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Food insecurity is categorized into four levels: High Food Security, Marginal Food Security, Low Food Security, and Very Low Food Security.

Detailed explanation-5: -While it is not known specifically what causes food insecurity for certain populations, numerous studies have revealed various risk factors. The most common cause of food insecurity is low income. In 2016, low-income households were 2.6 times more likely than the average American household to be food insecure.