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She(America) is now faced with the worst problem she’s ever had…27% of US veterans from Iraq, Afghan wars going hungry: Study
Greetings,
This is one of the greatest problems that America is now faced with. No I am not talking about Russia. I am not talking about China. I am not even talking about that unbreakable burden of heavy debt that she will never be able to repay.
Yes she is in trouble. Yes she is falling. But one of her main problems is that with her armed forces. Those who are lucky to return from battle are often broken mentally and broke financially.
There are no jobs anyone, especially for the armed forces. They aren’t receiving proper medical treatment from the government. Often times they are discarded after their sacrifices.
They come home to their families living on food aid and housing subsidies. They come home to the loss of their homes and massive unpaid bills. They come home to cuts in benefits and cuts in opportunities.
And on top of all of these things we see ….
27% of US veterans from Iraq, Afghan wars going hungry: Study
Researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Department of Veterans Affairs surveyed 922 US veterans and found that 27 percent reported not having access to enough food for three meals a day.
“We found that 27 percent of veterans who served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan don’t have consistent access to sufficient food,” study leader Rachel Widome from the University of Minnesota, said in a university news release.
“That’s drastically higher than the prevalence of food insecurity in the US, which is 14.5 percent,” she noted. Widome called the findings “shocking and disheartening.”
“We really had no idea how common it was that Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans were struggling to afford food. Given anecdotal accounts, I thought food insecurity might be somewhat of an issue, but really had no idea of the extent.”
About 12 percent of the veterans surveyed were classified as having “very low food security,” marking severe difficulties in getting sufficient food.
In addition, food-insecure veterans are also more likely to be alcoholic, use tobacco, get less sleep and be unemployed than those who have enough food, according to the study published May 7 in the journal Public Health Nutrition.
Since 2003, suicide among active-duty members of the military and veterans has soared to record levels. An estimated 22 veterans killed themselves each day in 2010, compared with 18 per day in 2007, according to the latest figures available from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Source: www.presstv.ir
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