Health starts with what's on your plate.
Healthy bodies and minds require nutritious meals at every age. However, millions of people across the nation face deep-rooted barriers to accessing healthy food, including high grocery prices. These barriers increase the risk of chronic conditions like diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure—making our communities less healthy, productive and resilient.
In our 2025 Elevating Voices: Insights Report, our neighbors facing hunger further emphasize the connection between hunger, health and affordability.
In the report, many neighbors say that what they can afford to put on their plates is often not food that nourishes their physical and mental well-being. Neighbors describe being priced out of purchasing nutritious foods, opting for less expensive but less healthy alternatives.
- 68% of surveyed neighbors expressed wanting to eat healthier, but not being able to afford to right now.
- In the past year, 66% of surveyed neighbors skipped meals or ate less food due to high food prices.
- In the past year, 80% of surveyed neighbors bought cheaper, less nutritious food due to high food prices.
Feeding America is helping build the foundation for good health.
We are working to remove hurdles to better nutrition that supports better health.
- Neighbors can receive dietitian-designed meals with culturally relevant foods that match their tastes and medical needs at their local food banks.
- Over 50 registered dietitians and more than 200 dedicated nutrition staff across the Feeding America network provide nutrition education and support navigating the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
- The Feeding America network has helped over 145,000 neighbors access healthy food prescriptions through community-based partnerships.
By meeting our neighbors where they are—at food banks, health clinics or mobile distributions—we are building solutions that are rooted in dignity, accessibility and impact.
When our communities, especially children, have access to healthy food, everyone benefits. That's the kind of future Feeding America is working to create, but we can't do it without your help.
Give to Feeding America today — every dollar donated helps provide at least [custom:reus_calculation] meals for our neighbors facing hunger. With your support, we can help create an America where no one is hungry.