This is the first in an occasional series on hunger and food
insecurity issues in our nation, in Kansas, and in Butler
County. For more information, check out Kids Need to Eat,
founded to address these issues in our community. Test Your
Knowledge: THE HUNGER QUIZ True or False? [answers below] 1. One
in six Americans do not have access to enough food. 2. Most
persons who experience hunger are homeless and out of work. 3.
Few children experience hunger because there are programs to
care for them. 4. Most persons in low income households would be
fine if they just worked harder. 5. Even college educated adults
struggle with issues of hunger in this country. 6. Lack of
adequate nutrition only affects a child’s growth. 7. In school,
children living in food-insecure households perform just as well
as children who have enough nutrition daily. 8. More than 2
million rural households experience food insecurity. 9. Urban
counties have the highest poverty rates in the U.S. 10. Nearly
49 million Americans don’t have dep