Ohio rates among the worst states when it comes to hunger problems

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Ohio rates among the worst states when it comes to hunger problems
By Rita Price
The Columbus Dispatch • Thursday September 4, 2014

Unemployment and low-wage jobs, food-stamp cuts and rising grocery costs are keeping thousands of Ohio families from escaping the Great Recession’s worst effects, advocates say...

...The share of Ohio households reporting limited or uncertain ability to provide nutritious meals — the USDA’s definition of “food insecurity” — averaged 16 percent from 2011 to 2013. That’s only slightly better than the state’s 16.4 percent average from 2008 to 2010.

Ohio is among eight states whose rates remained significantly higher than the national average of 14.6 percent.

And Ohio’s average percentage of very low food security increased during 2011-13 to 7.2 percent, tying with Mississippi for third-worst....

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