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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.

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