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Access to food a challenge for children and adults

May 1, 2014 | Staff Reporters

A report released last week shows more adults and children in Florida suffer from “food insecurity,” than the national averages. The US Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as a “socioeconomic condition of limited or uncertain access to enough food to support a healthy life.”

Results of a nationwide study released last week show that as of 2012 more than 27 percent of children in Florida had uncertain access to enough food to support a healthy life. Santa Rosa County’s rate was better at 23.9 percent.

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