[news] Healthy Food a Luxury for Low-Income Families in Vancouver: British Columbia Has Worst Child Poverty Rate in Canada

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Poor families in [British Columbia] don't earn enough money to buy basic healthy food and pay rent, let alone afford clothes, transportation and personal care items, report B.C. dietitians and nutritionists...Community nutritionists report more children are struggling at school because they haven't had enough to eat, and more families...are having difficulty adequately feeding their children at a time when healthy eating is recognized as a cornerstone of health...  


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