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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

=Half of American kids will live in households receiving food stamps before age 20, according to a study reported Monday in Archives of Pediatrics & A



Half of American kids will live in households receiving food stamps before age 20, according to a study reported Monday in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Although one in five children rely on food stamps for years, many more live in families who turn to food stamps during a short-term crisis, says author Mark Rank of Washington University in St. Louis. He analyzed 30 years of data from the University of Michigan's Panel Study of Income Dynamics survey.

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