Those are all fair points, if we’re looking with a generational lens. On a more micro scale, at least with food, it’s more bleak.
In 2007/8 and 2011/2, food insecurity was 7.1% and 7.8%. 2018 was 16.8% and 2021 was 18.4%.
So perhaps the average metric tracks up, but the lower echelons are being further marginalized.