Food Stamps To Feed 90 Percent Of Black American Children

At some point in their lives, nine out of 10 black American children will eat foods bought through food stamps, according to a new study.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — At some point in their lives, nine out of 10 black American children will eat foods bought through food stamps, according to a new study.

Moreover, one of two American children will fall into the same category.

In other words, all of these children fed from food stamps live in poverty, said Mark Rank, a co-author of the study with Thomas Hirschl of Cornell University.

In the end, the study found that American kids are more likely to live in poverty than any children living in the Western world.

The study noted that $22 billion healthcare dollars a year is related to the lack of nourishment for chldren.

“Children in poverty are significantly more likely to experience a range of health problems, including low birth weight, lead poisoning, asthma, mental health disorders, delayed immunization, dental problems and accidental death,” it said.

The study based on a 32 years of research of about 5,000 U.S. households was published in the American Medical Association’s Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.