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According to the US Department of Agriculture[1] - 6.0 million children lived in food-insecure households in which children, along with adults, were food insec

According to the US Department of Agriculture[1] - 6.0 million children lived in food-insecure households in which children, along with adults, were food insecure. - 540,000 children (0.7 percent of the Nation's children) lived in households in which one or more child(sic) experienced very low food security. According to the CDC[2] - 1.6% of women received no [prenatel] care at all. - 15.0% of women received inadequate prenatal care. You may want to use a non-US definition of "nanny state" ... [1] https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics.aspx https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo... [2] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_03.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_03.pdf

michael_j_ward 7y ago
It seems like the USDA includes people on federal food assistance programs as being "food insecure. From your first link defining "Low Food Security"[1]: """ These food-insecure households obtained enough food to avoid substantially disrupting their eating patterns or reducing food intake by using a variety of coping strategies, such as eating less varied diets, participating in Federal food assistance programs, or getting emergency food from community food pantries. """ Since you seemed to have these ready, do you have these same numbers but for people without access to any (federal / state/ local) food assistance programs? [1] https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics.aspx https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo...
- Ensorceled 7y ago
  > Since you seemed to have these ready Not at the ready, I found those links in a couple of minutes buy searching for "US children food insecurity" and "US prenatal care". I remembered reading a study that the increase in US infant mortality was related to lack of prenatal care and food insecurity so I just googled those.
sandworm101 7y ago
>> - 1.6% of women received no [prenatel] care at all. That is a statistic that is very difficult to change. A certain percentage of women will simply not present, not request any help. Some honestly do not realize they are pregnant. Other live in denial. And, particularly in the US, there are some religious communities that actively avoid the medical system. So even with total free coverage of all mothers, there will always be a 1% who first seek a doctor only once contractions start.
- munk-a 7y ago
  The fact that members in those religious communities actively avoid the medical system is a factor that needs to change and isn't the case across the globe - people being unaware of their pregnancy is an issue with a lack of education and test availability, and that factor is particularly easy to change except within those cloistered religious communities.
not_a_cop75 7y ago
Find me another nation of that size (and of similar multiracial diversity) that has anything of similar or greater success. Don't bother listing countries that are 1/20th the size and non-diverse. It's not an equal comparison. You might also want to remember that all US agencies use the broadest statistics that justify their budget and size when you cite the US Dept of Agriculture and the CDC.

michael_j_ward 7y ago

It seems like the USDA includes people on federal food assistance programs as being "food insecure. From your first link defining "Low Food Security"[1]: """ These food-insecure households obtained enough food to avoid substantially disrupting their eating patterns or reducing food intake by using a variety of coping strategies, such as eating less varied diets, participating in Federal food assistance programs, or getting emergency food from community food pantries. """ Since you seemed to have these ready, do you have these same numbers but for people without access to any (federal / state/ local) food assistance programs? [1] https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics.aspx https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo...

Ensorceled 7y ago
> Since you seemed to have these ready Not at the ready, I found those links in a couple of minutes buy searching for "US children food insecurity" and "US prenatal care". I remembered reading a study that the increase in US infant mortality was related to lack of prenatal care and food insecurity so I just googled those.

sandworm101 7y ago

>> - 1.6% of women received no [prenatel] care at all. That is a statistic that is very difficult to change. A certain percentage of women will simply not present, not request any help. Some honestly do not realize they are pregnant. Other live in denial. And, particularly in the US, there are some religious communities that actively avoid the medical system. So even with total free coverage of all mothers, there will always be a 1% who first seek a doctor only once contractions start.

munk-a 7y ago
The fact that members in those religious communities actively avoid the medical system is a factor that needs to change and isn't the case across the globe - people being unaware of their pregnancy is an issue with a lack of education and test availability, and that factor is particularly easy to change except within those cloistered religious communities.

not_a_cop75 7y ago

Find me another nation of that size (and of similar multiracial diversity) that has anything of similar or greater success. Don't bother listing countries that are 1/20th the size and non-diverse. It's not an equal comparison. You might also want to remember that all US agencies use the broadest statistics that justify their budget and size when you cite the US Dept of Agriculture and the CDC.