There really are a lot of poor children in the United States.
More than 20 percent of children in this country live in poverty; in cities, the figure is 30 percent. One fourth of all children younger than age six--and the same proportion of rural children--are living in poverty. Malnutrition affects nearly 500,000 children.
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Department of Dental Health, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8715.
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