One in 10 Kansas households goes hungry

[Judi Lynn]

Story last updated at 4:58 a.m. Saturday, January 17, 2004

Study: One in 10 Kansas households goes hungry
WICHITA (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Kansas families don't get enough to eat, a study found.

The Kansas Health Institute reported in the study released Thursday that each year, about one in 10 Kansas households reported having uncertain access to food sometime during the previous year.

Of the 105,000 households that worried about food, about one-third, or 38,000 households statewide, had one or more members who went hungry at some time during the year because they could not afford enough food. The other two-thirds of the households managed by eating less-varied diets, participating in federal food assistance programs or relying on charity. (snip)

The results "dispel a lot of myths" about hunger, said Barbara LaClair, lead author of the study. "This issue ... is more than an isolated concern." (snip/...)

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