Rising Poverty, Declining Health the Nutritional Status Of The Rural Poor
Author: Haas, Ellen
Date Published: 1986
The report examines 1980s-era poverty. Subtopics studied were dietary intake, low birth weight, health and income assistance. The analysis indicated that consistent evidence of startling disparities between the nutritional status of the rural poor and that of the nation as a whole. Further much of the data indicates that ongoing deterioration of the nutritional status of the rural poor as well as growing gaps between their status and that of the rest of the nation.
Date Published: 1986
The report examines 1980s-era poverty. Subtopics studied were dietary intake, low birth weight, health and income assistance. The analysis indicated that consistent evidence of startling disparities between the nutritional status of the rural poor and that of the nation as a whole. Further much of the data indicates that ongoing deterioration of the nutritional status of the rural poor as well as growing gaps between their status and that of the rest of the nation.
