( I live in New Orleans, 35% of kids don’t have enough calories per days to have a proper brain development. And New Orleans is fine compared to the rest or Louisiana )
Source? I find that hard to believe, considering how cheap and plentiful calories are and how numerous the various public assistance programs exist relating to feeding the poor.
My bad for the figure, I had a third in mind. It’s less. Can’t find a general population figure in the short amount of time. 20 ish % of black kids is enough or it’s fine ?
Source :
https://www.cpex.org/blog/stateofhunger
What was eye opening to me was volonteering in a random school. And noticing how the breakfast was a important and respected steps. Like.. not everyone had dinner last night.
Oh well, right ?
And you have it backwards. Louisiana has a problem with an overabundance of calories, not a lack of calories. Louisiana is one of most obese states in the country after all.
https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/prevalence-maps.html
There are legitimate issues with economic disparity in the country. Not sure why you are trying to tie it to calories?
Looking up what I had in mind the proper way to reference it is “food insecurity”
Source :
https://www.cpex.org/blog/stateofhunger
Or “no kid hungry Louisiana”, that the one I noticed here. Giving breakfast out in school. My first reaction was to wonder why. Digging I realized that a fair amount of kids were coming to school on a empty belly.
That’s it.
Also “been to New Orleans” is a funny statement! Congratulations on seeing Jackson square and the French quarter. It’s a city, not 10 historical blocks.
> 35% of kids don’t have enough calories per days to have a proper brain development.
Utter nonsense.
Yet, I never seen that much poverty before moving here. I guess it’s just more visible.
Gini index would be a good addition to your figures.
Regarding a third of kids being hungry on a regular basis. I had it wrong indeed. It’s more 20% of black kids. Wee!
