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Re:Treemap of World GDP by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) 2020 by gottorf on Thursday March 28, 2024 @09:52AM (#39851461)
> in New Orleans, 35% of kids don’t have enough calories per days to have a proper brain development

Source? I find that hard to believe, considering how cheap and plentiful calories are and how numerous the various public assistance programs exist relating to feeding the poor.

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Re:Treemap of World GDP by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) 2020 by dopidopHN on Friday March 29, 2024 @07:36AM (#39862822)
I know it’s intense. Those people must be stupid. Or it’s their fault and they deserve it. ( :s ! )

My bad for the figure, I had a third in mind. It’s less. Can’t find a general population figure in the short amount of time. 20 ish % of black kids is enough or it’s fine ?

Source :

https://www.cpex.org/blog/stateofhunger

What was eye opening to me was volonteering in a random school. And noticing how the breakfast was a important and respected steps. Like.. not everyone had dinner last night.

Oh well, right ?

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