Hunger Relief Fast Facts

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Hunger ReliefFast Facts
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• 13 million, or approximately 18 percent, of
  children in the United States live in poverty.
• According to USDA estimates, 7 million, or 19
  percent of households with children under age 18,
  were food-insecure in 2008.

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• Research indicates that even mild under-nutrition
  during critical periods of growth impacts the
  behavior of young children, their school
  performance, and their overall cognitive
  development.

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• According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
  an estimated 15 million children lived in
  food-insecure households in 2008, an increase of
  12 over 2006. USDA/ERS, Household Food Security
  in the United States

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• 30 percent of client households with seniors had
  to choose between buying food and paying for
  utilities and heating fuel. Hunger in America
  2008

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• Nearly half of all non-elderly low-income
  families that used a food pantry last year were
  working families with children. Urban Institute,
  Many Families Turn to Food Pantries for Help

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• 70 percent of all client households served by the
  America's Second Harvest Network have annual
  incomes below the federal poverty line for 2008.

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• It is estimated that during 2008,
• 39 million people lived in households that at
  some time were unable to acquire enough food
  because of insufficient money.
• Overall, households with children had more than
  twice the rate of food insecurity as those
  without children.

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• It is estimated that 9 million people, including
  3 million children, live in homes that experience
  hunger - where meals are frequently skipped or
  individuals go without food for a whole day.
  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Household Food
  Security in the United States, 2008

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• Millions of poor children suffer from chronic
  under-nutrition. Nutrient deficiencies can lead
  to serious health problems, including impaired
  cognitive development, growth failure, physical
  weakness, anemia, and stunting. Tufts University
  School of Nutrition

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• What Southern Baptists are doing about the
  plight of Hunger in North America

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• Over 1.2 million in domestic hunger funds was
  distributed to 2,200 hunger ministries in the
  U.S. in 2008.
• Over 5 million meals were fed to the hungry in
  North American with Domestic Hunger Funds.

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• The Gospel was shared with over 750,000 people,
  at their point of need.
• There were over 36,000 professions of faith
  through hunger ministries.