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Food Insecurity Increased By More Than 60 Percent For Middle-Aged Americans During Recession | Food insecurity increased 63 percent among Americans between the ages 40 and 49, and increased 37 percent among those between 50 and 59 between 2007 and 2009, according to a study conducted for the AARP by researchers at the University of Kentucky and University of Illinois. The risk of food insecurity — defined as a lack of access to food needed for healthy living — is twice as high for blacks and Latinos than it is for whites, the study showed.