Federal spending on food programs increased significantly between 1990 and 2007.
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This link opens a Reuters article on the rising number of Americans receiving Food Stamps (SNAP) assistance. In September 2008 one in 10 Americans were participating in the food stamp program.
In an article entitled “Diabetes Risk, Low Fitness, and Energy Insufficiency Levels among Children from Poor Families,” published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association in November 2008, Dr. Trevino and colleagues report that 1,402 low-income students from South Texas participated in a health screening study that found high levels of blood glucose, obesity,…
The Agriculture Department is forecasting that food prices will increase 3.5 to 4.5 percent in 2009, compared with an estimated 5 to 6 percent increase by the end of 2008.
Mazon, a national non-profit dedicated to hunger relief, conducted a survey of 133 emergency food providers in 2008.
A 2008 study by Dr. Susan Parish at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill reports that families raising disabled children are likely to suffer food, housing and health care challenges even with incomes significantly above the poverty line.
Research sponsored by the Sodexho Foundation estimates that the impact of hunger in America was $90 billion in 2005.