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Bronx Neighborhoods Have The Nation's Highest Hunger Rate
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Ben Muessig
Published Jan 26, 2010
Modified Jan 26, 2010
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This is just sad. The Bronx neighborhoods of Morrisania, Mott Haven and Bedford Park have a larger percentage of households suffering from hunger than any other urban area in the nation, according to a new study [PDF]. Researchers also determined that a swath of Brooklyn consisting of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Canarsie and East New York has the country's sixth highest rate of hunger.
When asked if in the past twelve months there had been times when respondents didn't have enough money to buy food that they or their families needed, 17 percent of New Yorkers who were queried said yes. That number increased to 23 percent when researchers narrowed the field to include only households with children, NY1 reports. In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Canarsie and East New York, 30.8 percent of households couldn't afford food at some point in the past year. In Morrisania, Mott Haven and Bedford Park, the percentage of households suffering from hunger reached 36.9 percent.
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