Nearly half of all US children will use food stamps, says poverty expert at WUSTL (EurekAlert!)

( Washington University in St. Louis ) “Forty-nine percent of all US children will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood,” says Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., poverty expert at Washington University in St. Louis. “Food stamp use is a clear sign of poverty and food insecurity, two of the most detrimental economic conditions affecting a child’s health.” Rank’s study is …

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