FIGURE 2—

Household Food Security Status Among Households New to SNAP and After Six Months: United States, 2012

Note. SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “Food insecure” means household lacked consistent access to nutritious food at some point during the year because of limited resources. “Household with food-insecure children” are those in which both children and adults experience food insecurity during the year. “Very low food security” means ≥ 1 household member has to skip meals or otherwise eat less at some point during the year because they lack money. This chart shows the results of a study on longitudinal data comparing households upon beginning to receive SNAP and 6 months later.

Source. J. Mabli et al.⁴