Report: Hunger has more than doubled in low-income areas

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Poor families are not earning enough to handle both increased heating and food costs, and they economize by skipping meals or buying inexpensive foods that are filling, but high in sugar and fat, said Ellen Parker, executive director of Project Bread.

The group called for a statewide Campaign to End Hunger with a collaboration of businesses, healthcare providers, governments, and schools. It also urged legislators to provide nutritional breakfasts to 35,000 more students and to make it easier for families to get food stamps.

Parker suggested that the families of children who receive free school breakfasts should be automatically eligible for food stamps.

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