Although inflation numbers have dipped ever so slightly in the latest economic reports, Americans are still struggling with high prices not seen in a generation or more.

Unfortunately this leads to unwanted health choices and a new Nationwide Retirement Institute survey (also see Nationwide infographic below) of 1,140 adults in the U.S. shows that over the last 12 months, nearly two in five American households (40%) received food or goods from a food bank (22% for millennials), and the same amount (17%) stopped buying healthier foods (organic or high-priced healthy foods).

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