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Child well-being worsens in U.S.

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  • Percentage of underweight babies increases to highest rate in 40 years
  • UNICEF ranks U.S. second worst out of 33 industrialized nations for child well-being
  • Mississippi has the worst low-weight birth rate
  • 18 percent of U.S. children -- 13.3 million -- were living in poverty in 2006
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