One in ten pregnant Australians are going hungry and facing food insecurity, new research shows

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2024-09-29

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Thousands of pregnant women in Australia can’t afford food needed to keep themselves and their unborn children healthy. That's the conclusion of a University of Queensland study which found expectant mothers were regularly going hungry.
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