food costs

A $525,000 USDA grant will help UF researchers examine whether people change what they buy after a chronic disease diagnosis and how food prices affect those choices.

The Elder Index, developed by researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, shows that nearly 5 million older women living alone, 2 million older men living alone, and more than 2 million older couples have incomes that make them economically insecure.

After a year of record-high inflation and an influx of new residents, many people and families are finding their housing costs are eating up most of their monthly budgets.