Rates of food insecurity in US may be significantly higher than surveys suggest

During the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and some local governments may have underreported the percentage of Americans who experienced food insecurity by up to one-third. That’s the finding from a new study spearheaded by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences’ Public Exchange, published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.