Food insecurity already affects 12 million US homes -- and reductions in SNAP benefits won't help

The evidence is clear that food insecurity is associated with behavioral problems in school, absenteeism from school and poor academic performance. And this can have lifelong consequences for children. A similar thing plays out with adults. Adults who are living in food-insecure households are less likely to be able to hold down a sufficient number of work hours to meet their household budget needs. They're less likely to be able to devote a lot of hours to finding employment, because finding food takes a lot of time and a lot of energy...

https://theconversation.com/food-insecurity-already-affects-12-million-us-homes-and-reductions-in-snap-benefits-wont-help-207100