27 percent of Afghanistan and Iraq veterans going hungry

Next time you hear a politician talking about cutting food stamps remember this one.

Study: 1 in 4 Afghanistan/Iraq Vets Need Food Help
KAALtv.com
05/07/2014

(ABC 6 NEWS) -- New research by the University of Minnesota has found both men and women who served in Iraq and/or Afghanistan wars are in greater need of food assistance.

The study believes our newest veterans have financial hardships that make accessing sufficient food more difficult compared to the average citizen.

“We found that 27 percent of veterans who served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan don’t have consistent access to sufficient food,” said University of Minnesota researcher Rachel Widome, Ph.D.,. “That’s drastically higher than the prevalence of food insecurity in the U.S., which is 14.5 percent.”

Research was conducted with the Minneapolis Department of Veterans Affairs, and surveyed 922 veteran records.
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