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1.What is Food Insecurity?
Food Insecurity is:
- Not knowing when or where your next meal is going to come from
- Starving due to lack of food
- Economic and social condition of limited access to food
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2.Why should we care about food insecurity?
We should care about food insecurity because:
- Lack of healthy food can lead to stress, poor nutrition, and eventually chronic health issues.
- Once chronic health issues escalate, the time and money needed to take action strains the budget further.
- With lack of resources for both food and medical care,it becomes an endless cycle.
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