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Mention “food insecurity” and the phrase can mean different things to different people.

To kids who go to bed hungry because there wasn’t enough food to go around the table earlier that night, insecurity is the least of their worries. Nutritionists know that feeling hungry all the time isn’t a good place to be, from both a health and psychological standpoint, but hungry kids just want more to eat.

To those charged with fighting childhood hunger, food insecurity can be just as serious. Parents without access to or money for fresh, healthy foods resort to high-fat, high-sugar snacks and processed foods to quell hunger pangs for their children and sometimes themselves. Their kids aren’t feeling hungry, but they’re not feeling well, either.

Then there are those on the other end of the food chain who eat out at restaurants. It’s usually more expensive than eating in and thus not an everyday event. Diners have a right to feel “secure” at least about the safety of the food they are eating, even if not the nutrition or value.