Our Views On Poverty

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• Our Views On Poverty
• Almost 100 billion pounds of food is wasted in
  America every year.700 million hungry human
  beings in different parts of the world would
  gladly accepted the food.
• By Desyinera Gaddy
• Victoria Romano

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• Half the world nearly three billion people
  live on less than two dollars a day.
• 2005, 20.5 million (11.3) of people aged 18-64
  were in poverty

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• . In 2006, 12.9 million (17.8) children under
  the age of 18 were in poverty
• .Every day, almost 16,000 children die from
  hunger-related causes--one child every five
  seconds

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• In 2005, 3.6 million (10.1) seniors 65 and older
  were in poverty, an increase from 3.5 million in
  2004.
• In 2005, 37 million people (12.6) were in
  poverty

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• In 2005, 7.7 million families were in poverty
• For children under age 6 living in families with
  a female householder and no husband present 54.8
  percent

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• Poverty affects all types of people.
• Poverty rate for African Americans 26.1 percent
• Poverty rate for Asians and Pacific Islanders
  12.5 percent
• Poverty rate for Hispanics of any race 25.6
  percent
• Poverty rate for non-Hispanic whites 8.2 percent
  

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• In essence, hunger is the most extreme form of
  poverty, where individuals or families cannot
  afford to meet their most basic need for food.
  Hunger manifests itself in many ways other than
  starvation and famine. Most poor people who
  battle hunger deal with chronic undernourishment
  and vitamin or mineral deficiencies, which result
  in stunted growth, weakness and heightened
  susceptibility to illness starvation and famine.
  Most poor people who battle hunger deal with
  chronic undernourishment and vitamin or mineral
  deficiencies, which result in stunted growth,
  weakness and heightened susceptibility to illness.

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• The End