Putting Food On The Table

AMBER WAVESHousehold food security-access at all times to enough food for active, healthy living-is taken for granted by most Americans.The struggle to avoid overeating is a more common American experience than the struggle to put enough food on the table.However, some American households do have difficulty at times getting enough food for all members.An annual nationally representative food security survey, last conducted in December 2001, indicated that nearly 9 out of 10 U.S. households were food secure throughout the entire year.However, 11.5 million households (10.7 percent of all U.S. households) were food insecure at some time during the year."Food insecure" means that the household did not always have access to enough food for active, healthy living for all household members because they lacked money or other resources for food.