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It’s hard to divulge an inability to put food on the table. Shestock/Tetra images via Getty Images

November 29, 2023

US food insecurity surveys aren’t getting accurate data regarding Latino families

Cassandra M. Johnson, Texas State University; Amanda C. McClain, San Diego State University, and Katherine Dickin, Cornell University

Questions about food insecurity can be less straightforward than they appear.

When people can’t afford what they want to eat, they have to make a lot of calculations at the supermarket. oonal/E+ via Getty Images

September 9, 2021

Buying groceries isn’t a problem just for the poor – middle‑class millennials like me with student debt have trouble too

Cassandra M. Johnson, Texas State University

A scholar of nutrition opens up with a personal take on food insecurity in America.

Eating right can be an emotional issue, as well as a question of economics. Dejan/Getty Images

August 11, 2021

How stigma, anxiety and other psychological factors can contribute to food insecurity

Cassandra M. Johnson, Texas State University

Detecting food insecurity requires more than assessing what’s in your refrigerator or measuring the distance between your home and the closest supermarket.

Child care insecurity can increase stress and anxiety and decrease quality of life. Damir Cudic/E+ Collection via Getty Images

July 14, 2021

What is child care insecurity? 2 social scientists explain

Cassandra M. Johnson, Texas State University and Shailen Singh, Texas State University

Child care insecurity has received much less attention than food insecurity, but it is similarly complex. And affordability is only one part of the problem.