No, poverty was different back then in a worse way. Poor Americans often lived in a state of caloric deficit fifty years a go, the poor in 2023 are much better

No, poverty was different back then in a worse way. Poor Americans often lived in a state of caloric deficit fifty years a go, the poor in 2023 are much better fed. The standard for "food insecurity" is so low it would have captured a large part of the middle-class in the 1970s.