Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project

Malnutrition is being reported by medical professionals everywhere and is of major concern in almost every state in the nation. Children who suffer the effects of malnutrition contribute to a high number of those with negative health problems. Obesity is being associated as a side effect of malnutrition, as children who don’t get enough to eat regularly eat foods that are less healthy. Childhood hunger also contributes to health conditions like a deteriorated immune system, chronic fatigue, developmental problems, and behavioral issues. Many poor children in the United States today, experience an uneasy or painful sensation caused by lack of food, or hunger.

A. How many of you are worried about where your next meal will come from? Are you unsure of how you’re going to purchase next week’s groceries or what you will be feeding your children for dinner tonight? This probably isn’t something most of you think about from day to day. When you are hungry, you eat. It’s easy for you to grab a sandwich, order a pizza, or run through the drive thru when you are on the go. However, there are many families, not just in other countries, but here in the United States as well, that are going hungry every day. According to kidshealth.org, a child dies from malnutrition and related causes every 6 seconds.

One in six children in the United States do not know when they will get their next meal. Children who are facing hunger struggle in school, are more likely to repeat a grade, have developmental concerns and have behavioral problems. The National School Lunch Program has brought meals to millions of children from food insecure families for free or reduced rates.

Hunger has been a prevalent issue in both established communities and struggling nations around the globe. It seems that there has never been a time when every person on the planet was food secure, and while it is typically assumed that hunger is an issue only in developing nations, malnutrition and hunger are concerns even in the United States. Millions of children across the country live in homes where food is scarce and meals are skipped on a regular basis. Because research supports the connection between nutrition, good health, and cognitive ability, it is critical that methods of addressing food shortages for minor children be found. One solution, the School Breakfast Program, seeks to provide healthy breakfast meals for children

The United States faces many social problems. One of these problems is child hunger. It has sociological origins and challenges for government and citizens alike.

As adults, they are also at an increased risk for coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) compared with those not overweight as adolescents.” It is important to help reduce the growing trend of obesity in children and young adults, as it has been documented in recent studies that children who are overweight tend to carry this problem with them into adulthood. Revitalizing the school lunch program would be an incremental place for the government to start revamping the obesity problems that they have caused in children. David Satcher stated in HEALTHY and Ready to Learn that, “Well-nourished students tend to be better students, whereas poorly nourished students tend to demonstrate weaker academic performance and score lower on standardized achievement tests. The majority of U.S. children are not eating a balanced, nutrient-rich diet. Inadequate consumption of key food groups deprives children of essential vitamins, minerals, fats, and proteins necessary for optimum cognitive function (Tufts University School of Nutrition, 1995). Children who suffer from poor nutrition during the brains most formative years score much lower on tests of vocabulary, reading comprehension, arithmetic, and general knowledge (Brown & Pollitt, 1996). In a 1989 study, 4th graders with the lowest amount

It was difficult to read that countless millions of federal dollars and many of our country's most successful efforts to halt the spread of childhood hunger and starvation have recently been withdrawn. And as a result, this problem of childhood hunger is not getting better but is actually getting worse. The most recent estimates compiled by the USDA in 1999 indicate that 36.2 million Americans live in food-insecure households, which means that their access to adequate and safe food is limited or uncertain. This too is very disturbing information.

Hunger is considered huge issue in the United States. When it comes to managing food sources, it is easy to get predications from children based on their immediate experiences of food rather than parental reports that rely mostly on the economic value such as mother, households etc.… because such predications for instance, cannot be more accurate as children express their felling just in daily basis. In the published article at San Diego State University on February 20.2017, "Children Are Aware of Food Insecurity and Take Responsibility for Managing Food Resources’’. Farm et al made extensive research about this important topic, and wrote surveys addressing their reports after the information they collected from the

CACFP child care Food program their objective is Childcare nourishment, this is a program to enhance the well being and health of the kids while advancing the improvement of good dietary patterns and education. Foundations must give the right month to month claims for repayment to their controlling offices. CACFP gives nutritious Food service, After school brain Food is made accessible to kids through such age. Sooner or later the federal program CACFP sound dinners and snacks to kids and grownups accepting Childcare. Helpful information is recorded under state and province government in your phone book. Likewise, it is possible to call your nearby centre in order to gain information on the program and what is advertised.

Most people in the United States today are unaware of the increasing numbers of child hunger throughout the country. Today, a staggering one in five kids struggle with hunger in our own country (Francisco 18). Not only does it affect their concentration and grades in school, but also their overall health. Over 1.02 billion people in the world are considered to be malnourished, and hunger and malnutrition is the leading cause of child deaths, which accounts for 6 million children each year (Nah and Chau). When most people think of children and families going hungry, they think that it is just a problem in other countries. However, there is an increasing amount of children and their families in North Carolina

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the federal Healthy, Hungry-Free, Kids Act 2010 (Public Law: 111-296), provide an overview of the literature, discuss the implementation process, evaluate the policy, and provide explanations for continued support, or provide rationale on why the program should end. The Healthy, Hunger-Free, Kids Act (HHFKA) currently awaits re-authorization, and funding by Congress. The HHFKA was originally included in the Congressional reauthorization process, of the original 1966 Child Nutrition Act, (CNA) which establishing several nutrition programs for school aged children. The CNA was introduced as part of President Johnsons’ “war on poverty” (Matthews, 2014). The Healthy, Hungry-Free, Kids Act 2010, set new

Without the proper nutritional education and meals from their homes, children are undoubtedly going to become unhealthy and presumably overweight. Both the stereotypes and physical side effects of being obese can affect a child greatly. Children from poor families are at risk of falling victim to the epidemic that is childhood obesity because of a lack of access to healthy foods. Unfortunately, fresh, nutritional food is sold for astronomical prices compared to prepackaged, processed food. If a child’s family is of low socioeconomic status, it is only logical that they are the one’s who most often suffer from obesity. In this section, not only will I discuss the health implications this places on a child’s life, but the psychological

Completely preventable health issues - those that involve food intake - are perceived as being an epidemic in the United States by many. Unfortunately, it has plagued many school-aged children across the country, and these rates continue to climb as time goes on. A factor of this climb is not merely food intake at home, but largely food intake during school hours/in schools settings. As of today, there are 31 million students in varying homes taking advantage of school lunches; it is vital that schools provide quality lunches for students and increase the amount of healthy options, as many childhood diseases are directly correlated with unhealthy eating and students in poverty rely on these meals for proper nutrients and lifelong health.

Children that come from poor socioeconomic backgrounds often have very poor eating habits because unhealthy snacks are cheaper than nutritious foods. This ultimately leads to weight gain and increased risk for childhood obesity. According to a study conducted by the CDC, 16.3% of children aged 5 and under in the United States are overweight because their BMI falls within the 85th-95th national percentile. The same study found that 16.1% of children aged 5 and under in this country are obese (CDC, 2011). Overall, 32.4% of American children are struggling with an unhealthy weight. This is a staggering statistic that needs to be addressed. Early intervention is the key to helping kids achieve and maintain a healthy weight as they progress into adolescence and adulthood. If we can eliminate food insecurity and successfully guide children to adopt nutritious eating habits at a young age, we can pave the way for decreased rates of obesity and chronic disease in

In the article The faces of hunger: The educational impact of hunger on students with disabilities Spies, Morgan, & Matsuura discuss the impact hunger can have on a child: