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On NYC Subways, It's Kids' Breakfasts Vs. Rats

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 04.16.2012

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Bettina Elias Siegel

When Joseph Lhota served as Rudolph Giuliani's deputy mayor he was so active in combatting the city's rodent problem that Giuliani christened him the "rat czar." So why is he now opposed to an eating ban on the subway?

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New Ways Kids Are Getting Meals When School's Out

AP | By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 11.14.2011

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Food can be scarce around the Mendoza household during the summer. School food service worker Alina Mendoza loses most of her hour...

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Going Hungry In An Obese Nation

Peggy Conlon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peggy Conlon

How is it that 17 million children in the U.S. live on the brink of hunger while, at the same time, 9 million American children are obese? It's certainly a troubling paradox.

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As Food Prices Rise, Many Go Hungry

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Starvation, Community Market Food Bank, Food Research and Action Center, Hunger, Poverty, Food Price Index, Food Banks, Rising Food Prices, U.S. Department of Labor, Impact News

"Global food prices continue to rise," begins a recent report by the World Bank. Between October 2010 and January 2011, the Bank's food price index i...

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Food Stamps Will Feed Half Of US Kids, Study Says

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout...

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