Be careful when interpreting those stats -- food insecurity often does not mean "doesn't have food". If you gave every single one of those people free meals fo

Be careful when interpreting those stats -- food insecurity often does not mean "doesn't have food". If you gave every single one of those people free meals for the year, we'd still have 12.8% food insecurity, because people who get free meals are counted in that number. The whole reason "food insecurity" topics like unhealthy diets, skipped meals, relying on food assistance, etc, are even a cause for concern is because starvation really isn't anymore.