(Video) "15 % Of U.S. Families Suffer From "Food Insecurity." The New Aesthetic Phrase For Simply Hungry?

Washington : DC : USA | Nov 15, 2010 at 8:21 PM PST

By VeronicaS

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November 15, 2010]------Came across this video by the Associated Press, and was struck by the phrase "food insecurity." Is this the new aesthetic phrase for going hungry in America?

According to a Federal report on Monday, 15% or 45 million Americans suffer from "Food insecurity," the highest it's been in 15 years. For those millions of families, the pain of going without such basic, necessary sustenance is scary and affects all aspects of their lives.

If children are worried about going home because their only meals are eaten in the school cafeterias across America, their academic performances are affected.

If adults are terrified of how they are going to feed their children, their health, parental and job performance suffer. Stress can be a debilitating, paralyzing state of mind, body and spirit.

A productive, flourishing, nation, needs all it's able-bodied citizens to function in a healthy capacity, physically and mentally. Can we say that about America today? Are we equipping our children to be strong leaders and competitors of future generations or we weakening ourselves from within by being oblivious or unwittingly, uncaring?

Winston Churchill once said, healthy citizens are a nation's strongest resource.

Check out the attached video to witness some of America's shame. Superpower in name only?

By Veronica P Roberts 11.15.10

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Experts say 15 % of America suffers from"food insecurity."  I guess that is the new aesthtetic term for plain old hungry.

VeronicaS is based in New York City, New York, United States of America, and is an Anchor for Allvoices.

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Posted By

Surya Gaire | over 2 years ago

Food insecurity leads to starvation..rated up!

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VeronicaS | over 2 years ago

Thanks again solarp...capitalism is working for some but totally not for others..

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Brigid Jean Primrose | over 2 years ago

Does changing the name for something alleviate the problem? Surely the majority of us would rather be hungry than food insecure, there are far to many emotional connections to the word insecure.

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VeronicaS | over 2 years ago

So true Brigid....Political correctness or prettier, more intellectual words do not change the stark reality.

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Cathy Taibbi | over 2 years ago

This is much more wide-spread than anyone would guess. For myself, I have to ration each bite, often going 2-3 days with nothing but one bowl of cereal or one peanut butter sandwich, a day. It's not even to pay the heat or the A/C - since those outside of the budget and no longer options-- it is about being able to pay the electric, the insurance, the water bill, the mortgage. The only 'luxury' that I can not/will not give up are my dogs. Without them, without 'family', what is left?
This is not just a sad state for America, it is scandalous. Perhaps it's time to spend our Nation's resources here at home, to help our taxpayers, rather than fighting pointless wars or padding the pockets of our 'leaders' in the White House?

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VeronicaS | over 2 years ago

Bravo Cathy, I couldn't agree more. It's obscene, especially when our children have to go hungry. Millions of children in America-- a place with such wealth for some-- get their only meals from school cafeterias. I wrote an article about that a few months ago. I was so shocked to see this. Its shameful.

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Gino C. Matibag | over 2 years ago

Shocking to hear the world's richest country has people going hungry. How did that happen? Rated up!

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VeronicaS | over 2 years ago

Thanks Gino....We not only have hungry, we have hoards of homeless folks too. It's our shame.

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Dava Castillo | over 2 years ago

Euphemisms cannot suppress the agony of not being able to provide for one's family or yourself. It's a fear that burns inself in your memory. I had this happen to me and my children and it's something you never get over, and all the fancy words can neither erace nor mask it.

No one should be witout food in the U.S. Cathy it grieves me to hear you have live this way. I pay my bills first and whatever is left over after the monthly "disasters" I have happen to me, I buy food. It's the way we live now. I seriously do not think most politicians comprehend the difficulties of the average person. Having to fix something around the house turns into a decision about whether to buy food or not.

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VeronicaS | over 2 years ago

Most of us in this country live like Cathy..sadly it's more the norm than a rare occurence.

Yet our government officials can't seem to see the urgency..instead, they are haggling over having people who can afford to pay a little more, pay a little more.

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