Food insecurity now affects almost one-third of US college students: report

U.S. consumers were complaining about the high cost of groceries long before the COVID-19 pandemic and the inflation that came with it, especially when it came to healthier foods. Fresh fruits and vegetables that help people live longer, activists argued, shouldn't be cost-prohibitive.
But the inflation of 2021 and 2022 made groceries even more expensive — so expensive that, according to The Guardian's Jessica Fu, almost one-third of U.S.-based college students are now facing food insecurity.
Food insecurity now affects almost one-third of US college students: report