The Silent Struggle: Food Insecurity Amongst Older Adults
Authored by: Castine Hardesty Art by: Stefanie Chen In an age when fresh produce is available year-round and purchasing food has never been made more convenient, it may be easy to believe that food insecurity is a shrinking problem in America. However, the opposite is true for many older Americans. Since the early 2000s, the rate of food insecurity in households with at least one adult over age 60 has more than doubled, and nearly one quarter of all families with older adults now experience...