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Originally Posted by Flying Dutchman  It brings to mind a recent study that shows most of this nations poor are overweight. Try to figure that out...........the poorest of us are OVERWEIGHT, meaning they eat to much. Before welfare, to be poor was to be skinny and underfed. Now it is to be fed too much. Now I know there are many, many reasons for this statistic.....but in my opinion it shows just how our society has become entitlement addicted. |
Some notes on poor kids and their eating....from the link I posted earlier.
As a group, America's poor are far from being chronically undernourished.
The average consumption of protein, vitamins, and minerals is virtually the same for poor and middle-class children and, in most cases, is well above recommended norms. Poor children actually consume more meat than do higher-income children and have average protein intakes 100 percent above recommended levels. Most poor children today are, in fact, supernourished and grow up to be, on average, one inch taller and 10 pounds heavier that the GIs who stormed the beaches of Normandy in World War II.
While the poor are generally well-nourished, some poor families do experience hunger, meaning a temporary discomfort due to food shortages. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 13 percent of poor families and 2.6 percent of poor children experience hunger at some point during the year. In most cases, their hunger is short-term. Eighty-nine percent of the poor report their families have "enough" food to eat, while only 2 percent say they "often" do not have enough to eat