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You’re being presented with literal statistics on food insecurity and ignoring what you’re being told. Many people are both food insecure AND fat because food

You’re being presented with literal statistics on food insecurity and ignoring what you’re being told. Many people are both food insecure AND fat because food insecurity drives people to eat as much as they can because of the fear of being hungry later.

azinman2 2y ago
It's not really eat as much as you can, more eat low quality ultra processed foods that are high in empty calories and low in nutrients.
- borski 2y ago
  It’s actually both. It ends up being “eat as much as you can of low quality ultra processed foods that are high in empty calories and low in nutrients,” because that is what is inexpensive
  - jncfhnb 2y ago
    This statement is correct. Don’t downvote it. It also compounds as calorically dense ultra processed foods lack the nutritional content make you stay full
searealist 2y ago
The definition of food security was changed in 2006 to eliminate any reference to hunger. > Low food security—Households reduced the quality, variety, and desirability of their diets, but the quantity of food intake and normal eating patterns were not substantially disrupted. [1] In other words, by new definitions, if you ever reduce the quality, variety, or even desirability of your food throughout the year, you are considered food insecure. EDIT: It looks like I'm not allowed to post in this thread anymore. I am quoting the USDA website. Nothing is cherry-picked. I've added a citation. [1] https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/measurement https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo...
- jncfhnb 2y ago
  Decline in food quality is ostensibly a decline in food security. But any sensible design would not use that as a threshold for defining food security. Rather than appealing to some unnamed source’s cherry picked definition, you would do better to look at an actual study of food security and see how it was defined. Because a very small amount of common sense suggests to me it’s not what you’re saying.

azinman2 2y ago

It's not really eat as much as you can, more eat low quality ultra processed foods that are high in empty calories and low in nutrients.

borski 2y ago
It’s actually both. It ends up being “eat as much as you can of low quality ultra processed foods that are high in empty calories and low in nutrients,” because that is what is inexpensive
- jncfhnb 2y ago
  This statement is correct. Don’t downvote it. It also compounds as calorically dense ultra processed foods lack the nutritional content make you stay full

searealist 2y ago

The definition of food security was changed in 2006 to eliminate any reference to hunger. > Low food security—Households reduced the quality, variety, and desirability of their diets, but the quantity of food intake and normal eating patterns were not substantially disrupted. [1] In other words, by new definitions, if you ever reduce the quality, variety, or even desirability of your food throughout the year, you are considered food insecure. EDIT: It looks like I'm not allowed to post in this thread anymore. I am quoting the USDA website. Nothing is cherry-picked. I've added a citation. [1] https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/measurement https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo...

jncfhnb 2y ago
Decline in food quality is ostensibly a decline in food security. But any sensible design would not use that as a threshold for defining food security. Rather than appealing to some unnamed source’s cherry picked definition, you would do better to look at an actual study of food security and see how it was defined. Because a very small amount of common sense suggests to me it’s not what you’re saying.