Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2013. Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual Household Food Security report, which found that in 2012, one in five children lived in a household that did not have access to enough food for a healthy and active lifestyle. Additionally, today’s data release shows no statistically significant change in the share of households struggling against hunger, which means that one in seven people lived in households running short on food in 2012. In response to these numbers, Melissa Boteach, Director of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement:
