In 2010, Americans spent just over 9 percent of this on food (5.5 percent at home and 3.9 percent eating out).
What is the percentage of income?
100
Canned meals, such soups, lasagna, and stews are the most needed in this place.
What is a food bank?
100
It affects every system in the body and always results in increased vulnerability to illness, it weakens the immune system and in very extreme cases even death.
What is malnutrition?
100
Many of these lack funds, resulting in meals that are low in fiber, potassium, and vitamins.
What is a soup kitchen?
100
Poverty levels increase with this impact on single parents
What are children?
200
According to the USDA, Single parents with children, and ethnically a minority are the usually the most vulnerable.
What are the kinds of households that are most vulnerable to food insecurity and hunger?
200
Hamburgers are the most eaten food in America.
What is the most popular food in America?
200
These people usually only live to 75, at the most.
Who are homeless?
200
A little higher than 3,300 of these are in the Unites States
How many homeless shelters are in the United States?
200
Generally a state needs 1 to 5 hundred million dollars, to satisfy this.
What is amount of food needs?
300
22,329,713 households participated in this 2013 food assistance program.
What is SNAP (food stamps)?
300
Americans report spending $151 on this per week on average. One in 10 Americans say they spend $300 or more per week and, at the other extreme, 8% spend less than $50.
What is the average amount of money spend on food per week?
300
Poor brain function, poor exercise capabilities, insulin resistance, indigestion, poor sleep are the short term effects of this.
What is unhealthy eating?
300
About 13 of these shelters exist within an area, some with winter only programs.
How many homeless shelters are located within a 20-mile radius of Peninsula Catholic High School?
300
The US spends more money on food than any other country in the world. TRUE OR FALSE
What is false.
400
According to the US Census Bureau, $23,492 is the average amount of a family of four needed for survival.
What is the poverty threshold for a family of four in America?
400
In 2012, it was recorded about 49 million in the US suffer from this.
How many Americans suffer from hunger?
400
38 deaths per year, 29 are from malnutrition, result from this.
What is the average number of deaths based on lack of food?
400
There are around 3 long term food bank/kitchens, not including Churches, that participate in this around a certain area.
How many soup kitchens are located within a 20-mile radius of Peninsula Catholic High School?
400
A person gains on average, $7.25 per hour
What is the minimum wage in your Virginia?
500
According to USDA in 2012, 15.9 million children live in this.
How many children in America live in food-insecure homes?
500
The U.S. throws away about 263 of this every day, most of it is usually still good.
What is the average number of pounds of food thrown away each day in the US?
500
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council (2008) estimates that 70% of Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) clients do not have this.
What is health insurance?
500
You can stay here for 60 days at the longest
What is a homeless shelter?
500
Between $126.50 and $236.50 depending on the ages of the family, and the food bought.
What is the average cost of feeding an American family of four for a week?