A household reports frequent worry about running out of food but on average maintains the same number of meals and calories. Under USDA categorizations, how is this household best classified?

• A. Marginal food security.
• B. Low food security because worry always leads to reduced diet quality even if meal counts remain unchanged.
• C. Very low food security because any worry about food implies disrupted eating patterns are imminent.
• D. Food secure, since no actual reduction in quantity occurred, and therefore the household is not on the USDA scale of food insecurity.

Answer: (A)