HNF 406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Truancy, European Cooperation In Science And Technology, Leg Before Wicket
6 May 2014
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Most middle income families are only one paycheck away from using food banks: children are most affected by poverty & benefit the most - they are out nation"s future. Live in poverty in us: childreb are sicker, less ready to learn, truant, more likely to drop out, what a waste & burden to society. Especially if they end up in the prison system. Poverty, hunger & food insecurity in the u. s. In the long run, to alleviate hunger and malnutrition you must eliminate poverty . The poor will always be with us: defined economically in absolute terms as adequate diet, poverty relates to cost of food for the thrifty food plan (tfp) Internal: born into and rarely escape: powerlessness, worthlessness, may disregard educ. as a way out, external: transitory loss of income, change of lifestyle, not attitudes or self image, even for middle income, job loss leads to despair. Nutrition impacts of being internally & externally poor.
