Data sobering on Ohio kids’ poverty, obesity, By Jeb Phillips, June 13, 2012, Columbus Dispatch: “Nearly half of Ohio’s children received free or reduced-cost school lunches in 2010, and those children were 30 percent more likely to be overweight or obese than others, according to a new survey of the state’s children released yesterday. Kids Count, compiled by the Children’s Defense Fund in Ohio, offers an annual snapshot of the well-being of the state’s youth. A new section of the report called “Health Access” includes information about obesity, oral health and insurance rates. “(The report) is important for policy-makers and elected officials at the local, state and federal levels in deciding how resources should be divided,” said Renuka Mayadev, Children’s Defense Fund executive director. . .”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty