The following is from the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The full text is at: http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-163/issue-8/0961.htm Here are some quotes: The number of Canadian children experiencing poverty is unacceptably high. In the past decade the poverty rate for Canada's children has risen to 1 in 5 nationally,1 while the strong social safety net developed over the past 50 years has been eroded, primarily through spending cuts aimed at deficit reduction. Single-parent families headed by women have the highest rate of poverty among all family types. Growing up in poverty too often means problems related to ill health, poor nutrition, unhealthy development and poor school readiness. Children at risk for hunger are most likely to reside with single mothers with very low incomes, usually derived from social assistance or welfare. They live in large urban areas and are demographically similar to other Canadian families except for overrepresentation of off-reserve Aboriginal households. The plight of on- and off-reserve First Nation families is well documented. In the NLSCY, children in households that reported hunger suffered not only from their own ill health but also from their parent's ill health and activity limitations in the home. _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
