Webinar: Household Food Security in the United States in 2014

Date:  Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Time:  1:00 p.m. EDT
Duration:  1 hour
Host:  Alisha Coleman-Jensen

In this webinar, ERS social science analyst Alisha Coleman-Jensen provided an overview of Household Food Security in the United States in 2014 (see link below). The report includes changes in food insecurity from previous years, the prevalence of food insecurity by selected household characteristics, and food insecurity among children.

Household Food Security in the United States in 2014

Food-insecure households are defined as having had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due to a lack of resources. Food-secure households are defined as having had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members.