About 15 percent of households experience _________, defined as not having enough nourishing food available on a regular basis.

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The term used to describe the situation where households do not have enough nourishing food available on a regular basis is food insecurity, which is defined as the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or the inability to acquire these foods in a socially acceptable way. Hunger, nutritional deficit, culture of poverty, and food deficit syndrome are related concepts but do not accurately describe this specific situation.

About 15 Percent of Households Experience _________, Defined as Not