Equality?

[DuncanONeil]

If your interested in who is going hungry in America...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...111601598.html

I suspect articles like this are written for emotional reaction.

The material I originally presented (for Kendal's consumption as well) actually does encompass nearly everyone in the nation as the data comes from the census.

But on to the food issue mentioned here. From the same source, the census.
"As a group, America's poor are far from being chronically undernourished. The average consumption of protein, vitamins, and minerals is virtually the same for poor and middleclass children and, in most cases, is well above recommended norms. Poor children actually consume more meat than do higherincome children and have average protein intakes 100 percent above recommended levels. Most poor children today are, in fact, supernourished and grow up to be, on average, one inch taller and 10 pounds heavier that the GIs who stormed the beaches of Normandy in World War II.

While the poor are generally wellnourished, some poor families do experience hunger, meaning a temporary discomfort due to food shortages. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 13 percent of poor families and 2.6 percent of poor children experience hunger at some point during the year. In most cases, their hunger is shortterm. Eightynine percent of the poor report their families have "enough" food to eat, while only 2 percent say they "often" do not have enough to eat."

And even the term "often" can be called into question, as can "enough". Understand I am not dismissing but trying to reach a more concrete level of terms and understanding of the issue itself.
As for one of the criteria, skipping meals, I can report that I regular skip meals. Yet would I report that I go hungry? No! And I skip meals EVERY day!