The Foodbank Rumbling Tummies Child Hunger in Australia Report (Foodbank and McCrindle Research 2018) research shows valuable information regarding the current situation and climate children and families are facing when it comes to food insecurity.

The Reality of Child Hunger

• Below are some of the facts from the research that show the impact food security has on our youth;
• More likely for a child to go hungry in Australia than it is for an adult in 2018
• More than one in five children in Australia live in a food insecure household and have experienced food insecurity in the last 12 months.
• In South Australia, it is closer to 1 in 4 children.
• At least once a week, 18% of children go to school without eating breakfast.
• 15% got to school without a packed lunch or lunch money.
• 11% go to bed without eating any dinner.