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Houston's food-insecure households are more likely to report poor health outcomes and go uninsured.

That's according to a recent survey of more than 5,200 residents last year conducted by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research.

Food insecurity was defined in the study as having a lack of consistent access to nutritious food, along with experiencing hunger, reducing or skipping meals and having difficulty affording healthy meals. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.

About 29% of survey respondents in food-insecure households scored their physical health as "poor" or "fair," compared to 12% of residents in food-secure households.

Nearly 2 out of every 3 food-insecure residents

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