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Publication Date: November 2007
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Robert Rector
Research Area: Health; Social conditions
Keywords: Welfare; food stamps; USDA; poverty
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
USDA food security data show poverty and hunger in America are linked to widespread obesity; use of food stamps increases obesity among the poor.