Watch: Five Things To Know About Hunger Among America’s Aging

One out of every 13 seniors in America struggles to get enough food to eat while the federal program intended to help hasn’t kept pace with the graying population.

Kaiser Health News Midwest editor/correspondent Laura Ungar explains what you need to know about this largely hidden problem.

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<h1>Watch: Five Things To Know About Hunger Among America’s Aging</h1>
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			September 6, 2019		</time>
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<p></p><p>One out of every 13 seniors in America <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/starving-seniors-how-america-fails-to-feed-its-aging/">struggles to get enough food to eat</a> while the federal program intended to help hasn’t kept pace with the graying population.</p><p>Kaiser Health News Midwest editor/correspondent <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/laura-ungar/">Laura Ungar</a> explains what you need to know about this largely hidden problem.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-five-things-to-know-about-hunger-among-americas-aging/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-five-things-to-know-about-hunger-among-americas-aging/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-five-things-to-know-about-hunger-among-americas-aging/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Watch%3A%20Five%20Things%20To%20Know%20About%20Hunger%20Among%20America%E2%80%99s%20Aging&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FOTkzNjc4&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-five-things-to-know-about-hunger-among-americas-aging/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-five-things-to-know-about-hunger-among-americas-aging/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/watch-five-things-to-know-about-hunger-among-americas-aging/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=993678&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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