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DID
YOU
KNOW?
1 in 7
Canadian children and youth are
at risk of attending school on an
empty stomach.*
This means that
1.15 million Canadian students
are at risk.
That’s enough to fill
23,960 school buses
And that doesn't even count those who may not
have breakfast for a number of different reasons:
Long bus rides
Lack of time
Lack of
healthy food
They don't
feel hungry
Early
extra-curricular
activities
Family
emergencies
A hungry student is not equipped to learn
*Household food insecurity in Canada, 2012. Study sponsored by CIHR