US experts, on Saturday, urged President Joe Biden to pay attention to the problems of the country's roughly 13 million families who are facing food insecurity.

The last five weeks of the year are family vacations, but they also expose a lot of problems that revolve around food.

“At this time, while some prepare huge and generally unhealthy meals, others are hungry and regularly have to skip or limit the balanced meals they cannot afford,” said nutrition experts Amy Yaroch and Hilary Seligman.

While millions of individuals in the United States worry about having enough money to buy food, millions more suffer from chronic diseases linked to poor diet and inexpensive food, according to an article published on the website The Hill by Yaroch and Seligman.

They said that it appears to be a paradox, but it isn't. . “Today we swim in processed foods and we are plagued with accompanying diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and certain types of cancer,”  they said.

Food stamps and school lunches were developed in the 1960s to ensure that youngsters had enough calories.

Experts say that rather than creating calories, it's more vital to assure each child's nutritional security and to ensure that everyone eats a balanced and healthy diet.

With a world awash in empty calories, how can we meet the world's vast nutritional needs? They inquired.

One of the remedies they propose is to make it easier for families to purchase – and farmers to raise and sell – the nutritious foods that people require.

They claimed that while the diet and nutrition landscape has improved in recent decades, it is still obsolete and that the American food system needs to be modified so that families have access to affordable and good food.

“The pandemic further evidenced this situation, as well as the juxtaposition – so evident on holidays – between having enough to eat and eating well. We need to find lasting solutions,” they urged.