Poverty in America 44 Million Are Poor 49 Million Americans Are Hungry

Poverty in America 44 Million Are Poor
U.S. Poverty Rate Hits 14.3%; 44 Million Are Poor
The morning the Census Bureau released the poverty rate
49 Million Americans Are Hungry
for 2009 and explained what it means for the unemployed and underemployed, as well as families with children and seniors living near the poverty line (a measly $21,954 for a family of four in 2009). Not surprising

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[lessions4u2learn]

CHANGE. ORG ACT NOW

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September Is Hunger Awareness Month, So Know This: 49 Million Americans Are Hungry

[lessions4u2learn]

That rising number of hungry people includes 17.3 million with "very low food security," whose eating habits were seriously disrupted and food intake markedly reduced. Over a million of those very hungry Americans are children. The ADA study also found that parents in food insecure homes often opt to go without food themselves so their kids will have something to eat.

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Even more Americans don't have regular access to healthy food than previously believed. Based on studies from 2008, new research from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association shows that 15 percent of Americans were food insecure at least once that year. Worse yet, that number is going up

[YungChiZ]

With all the fat I trim off my boneless chicken breasts and throw in the trash, I could end their suffering. If only there was a way to get it to their mouths instead. Government, please we need another program.

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