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• Child Hunger in the U.S. Doubled in 2007

  The Agriculture Department has reported that 700,000 American children went hungry in 2007, up from 430,000 in 2006. Since this sharp increase in the number of kids who are not getting enough to eat came before the economic crisis, it’s very likely that 2008 will be an even more difficult year for children in lower income families. Read More... Posted Nov 18 2008, 07:00 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with no comments Filed under: children, kids, food, poverty, families, Bush, childhood, economy, obama, president, Hunger, economic crisis, child hunger doubled, hunger rates, enough food, needy families, assistance, agriculture department, hungry children, government aid, afford, 50 percent, hunger double