Map reveals where UK residents struggling to access food A map indicating local food insecurity in adults in the UK (University of Sheffield/PA) Rates of hunger are more than 150% the national average in one out of every six local authorities, according to researchers who created a map showing where millions of UK residents struggle to access food. The University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable Food modelled data from the Food Foundation and for the first time was able to identify food insecurity at a local authority scale. This new analysis of the national data collected during the pandemic breaks down experiences of food insecurity into three distinct groups.