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The economy may have picked up, but children are still struggling to get enough to eat. New statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau have revealed that about 16 million U.S. children — roughly one in five — received food stamps last year.

The number of children on food stamps is higher than it was at the start of the recession in 2007, when nine million children — about one in eight — were on food stamps.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.