There's a somewhat infamous paper that spreads throughout various historical/political subreddits whenever the association between communism & starvation is brought up (joking or otherwise).
Essentially the claim that's made by using this source, is that citizens of the USSR ate just as much food as Americans, and possibly even had a more nutritious diet.
I'll admit that I'm very biased against this claim/narrative, but I would like to get into the truth of the matter if possible. I know that simply claiming that "communism = starvation" is an inaccurate generalization at best, but just by searching for other papers it also seems misleading to simply say that a Soviet citizen ate just as well as an American citizen, especially without regard to context such as how they obtain food, how happy they are with their food (regardless of nutritional value), and how much this truly affects their overall quality of life.
So my questions are as follows:
Did the USSR truly eat just as well as the US?
Is this really a good indicator for the quality of life in either country?
There is always more to say, but in the meantime you might want to check out this answer I wrote to a similar question from a few weeks back.