Poor kids eat worse, get their teeth brushed less often, and receive less support from their teachers.

Report: The poorest schoolchildren struggle far more.

A new study shows kids in low-income families are struggling on many fronts. »It’s the pile-up of challenges that really weighs on them,« says Heidi Sørensen, head of the Egmont Foundation’s secretariat, which funded the study (file photo). Foto: Camilla Stephan
A new study shows kids in low-income families are struggling on many fronts. »It’s the pile-up of challenges that really weighs on them,« says Heidi Sørensen, head of the Egmont Foundation’s secretariat, which funded the study (file photo). Foto: Camilla Stephan
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More of them eat fast food, and fewer eat fruits and vegetables.

More skip breakfast, and fewer brush their teeth twice a day.

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