The data on the longer term impact on infants is poor and needs further study: currently the evidence mainly relates to effects on clinically important outcomes, such as preterm birth and birthweight.
Environmental lawyers said the impact of both decisions is poor air quality in regions of the country struggling with excessive pollution.
The evidence on how immunosuppression impacts on ICU outcome is poor.
The academic evidence of the impact of nutrition on educational attainment is poor.
Though its reach extends into the solidly middle-class, its greatest impact is on the poor.
The sugar situation hurts American businesses and consumers, but its worst impact is on the poor countries that try to compete in the global agricultural markets.
The disparate racial impact is striking: 68 percent of poor and uninsured blacks live in states that are not extending eligibility, compared with 58 percent of poor and uninsured persons in other racial categories.
It also asks people to evaluate political policies and candidates "by how they impact people who are poor".
The man who helps organise the bailouts argued that this crisis was "different, the scale is much bigger, the global impact is much bigger" while poor economic growth leaves governments with too few options to act.
But for the rich, the impact is inconsequential; for the poor, it is catastrophic.
