In the United States, obesity rates have more than doubled in adults and children since the 1970s (Ogden et al, 2014). While recent estimates suggest that the overall rates of obesity have plateaued or even declined among some groups, obesity is widespread and continues to be a leading public health problem in the United States (Ogden et al. 2014). More than two-thirds (68.5 percent) of US adults are overweight or obese (Ogden et al. 2014), and 31.8 percent of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. Among the majority of sex-age groups, the prevalence of obesity is lower among whites than among blacks and Mexican Americans (May et al. 2013). Many households in the United States suffer from the consequences of overweight and obesity while simultaneously being food insecure. In 2012, 14.5 percent (17.6 million) of US households were food insecure at some time during the year as defined by the US Department of Agriculture.