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Feeding Opportunity

Ending Child Hunger Furthers the Goal of Cutting U.S. Povertyin Half over the Next Decade

Joel Berg May 2010

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Feeding Opportunity

Ending Child Hunger Furthers the Goal of CuttingU.S. Poverty in Half over the Next Decade

Joel Berg May 2010

1Introduction and summary 4 Child hunger in America today

4Childhungerbythenumbers6Characteristicsoffoodinsecurehouseholds

9 Hunger impairs children’s ability to escape poverty

9Prenatalandinfancy10Childhoodandadolescence12Parenting

14 Three reasons all Americans should care aboutending child hunger

14Reasonone:Hungerhurtstheeconomy15Reasontwo:Hungercouldaffectanyofusatsomepoint15Reasonthree:Hungercontributestoobesity

17 How the federal nutrition safety net endedstarvation-like conditions19 Strategies to end U.S. child hunger

20Putanadequatedownpaymentonendingchildhoodhunger20Reducetheschoolmealsbureaucracy24Expandaccesstoschoolbreakfasts27Improveandexpandaccesstootherfoodprograms28Encouragestateinnovations28Reducepoverty

30 Conclusion: We

solve child hunger 32 Endnotes 34 About the author and acknowledgments

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