What is food insecurity? It is “a family, economic and social condition of limited access to food” (Curtis 2008). Today, many people are unemployed and homeless due to our slowing economy. But no one really stops to think about the many people who have unequal access to food, especially healthy foods. When I observe people who attend food pantries, I notice that there are a variety of ethnic groups. However, the largest race I see is Hispanics. This observation led me to formulate my research question. Is there a significant difference in food insecurity between Hispanics and non-Hispanics? The purpose of this article is to discuss the main factors that cause more food insecurity among Latinos than any other race. Food insecurity is one of the major social problems we face in our world today. What is worrying about this problem is the growing number of people who are starting to go hungry more and more often. “Although hunger has long been a public health problem in developing countries, it has received varying degrees of attention in the United States, particularly in the 1930s and 1960s” (Poppendieck, 1992). In addition to the lack of food, there are consequences that come with it. People, especially children, who suffer from food deprivation also suffer from certain health problems such as malnutrition and obesity, leading to more health care and hospitalizations. “In the early 1980s, most reported cases of hunger affected families with children, the elderly, unskilled and unemployed youth, the mentally ill, the homeless, and minorities” (Brown 1992; Nestle and Guttmacher 1992). However, one particular ethnic group that is greatly affected by food insecurity is Hispanics...... middle of paper ......han Hispanics, while Hispanics experience more food deprivation than non- Hispanics. Works CitedBrown, J. Larry 1992. When violence has a benevolent face: the paradox of hunger in the world's richest democracy. International Journal of Health Services. 19:257-277. Himmelgreen, David A, Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Sofia Segura-Millan, Yu-KuelPeng, Anir Gonzalez, Merrill Singer, and Ann Ferris. 2000. Food insecurity among low-income Hispanics in Hartford, Connecticut: Implications for public health policy. Human Organization, vol.59, no. 3: 334-342. Kersey, Margaret, Joni Geppert and Diana B Cutts. 2006. Hunger among young children in Mexican immigrant families. Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 10, no.4: 390–395. Popppendiek, Janet E. 1992 Hunger and Public Policy: Lessons from the Great Depression. Journal of Nutrition Education. 24.6S-10S.