One in five children in the U.S lives in poverty.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is now recommending that doctors start assessing children for their poverty status in an effort to keep families safe.
See video above for more.
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Posted at 6:49 PM, Mar 09, 2016
and last updated 2016-03-09 18:49:14-05
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