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US: Kids Who Suffer Hunger In First Years Lag Behind Their Peers In School

March 30, 2017 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:

US: Kids Who Suffer Hunger In First Years Lag Behind Their Peers In School
National Public Radio – March 23, 2017
When infants and young kids grow up in homes without enough to eat, they’re more likely to perform poorly in kindergarten, a study shows. The younger they experienced hunger, the stronger the effect.
Also: Household Food Security in the United States in 2015: https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/err215/err-215.pdf?v=42636
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/23/520997010/kids-who-suffer-hunger-in-first-years-lag-behind-their-peers-in-school?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science

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