Data released in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine indicates that nearly half of all American children and almost 90 percent of African American children will be on food stamps at some point during their childhood.  The authors of the analysis warn that the issue is an important one because children who depend on food stamps are at risk for malnutrition.

Researchers analyzed 30 years of national data between1968 and1997 and found that about 49 percent of all children were on food stamps at some time by the age of 20.  During the current economic recession, the numbers may be even higher as more and more families are struggling to make ends meet.

In an editorial published in the same issue of the journal as this alarming study, "The current recession is likely to generate for children in the United States the greatest level of material deprivation that we will see in our professional lifetimes."

To read more about the study and how the research was conducted, click here.

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