People with low income in the United States are feeling increasingly insecure about their ability to buy food, according to a new study released by an independent research group.
"As the economy continues its downward trend, concerns about hunger will only intensify," said Jim Weill, president of the Washington, DC-based Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), which published the study Thursday.
The research indicates that a substantial majority of working families have lost their trust in the federal government's ability to address the issue of growing levels of hunger and that the next administration must pay close attention to it.
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