Persuasive Essay On Childhood Hunger

The biggest problems in schools are food choices. It may seem like a small and insecure decision in life, but it’s bigger than what it seems. Parents, be aware! Two out of three school students who eat school lunches regularly are overweight or obese. According to the unhealthy school lunches statistics released by experts, children who eat school lunches may have higher bad cholesterol than kids who bring their lunch to school. Healthier school lunches could change these problems. These simple changes in our schools menus could lead to many great things like, more energy ,a great life lesson, and most important a chance for healthier life now and the future.

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many of our country's most successful efforts to halt the spread of childhood hunger and starvation have recently been withdrawn.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.

So, why do fifteen million children in America face hunger every day? How does this happen? Many people are on food stamps, and they can be extremely helpful, but it is difficult to feed family with them. Food stamps provide only a dollar per person for each meal, according to the organization, Food is Power. More often than not, unhealthy, processed foods are a lot less expensive than nutritious, organic food, and because of this issue, many people on food stamps reach for less expensive junk food. Unquestionably, healthy foods can be very hard to find and expensive in places like food deserts. Food is Power found that thirty-three percent of Americans live in food deserts. Of course, public transportation helps families reach grocery stores, but it still can be a lengthy trip, and in rural and suburban areas, there can be little or no public transportation at all. These issues make it a struggle for parents to provide healthy food for their

Imagine your stomach growling, a feeling of emptiness, fatigue, and an inability to concentrate. Most people would associate these feelings with hunger and eat. Unfortunately, many Americans do not have the luxury of eating because of living in poverty. According to the Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of people living in poverty rose from 31.6 million in 2000 to 36.5 million in 2006. The number of people living in households facing food insecurity rose from 31 million in 1999 to 35.5 million in 2006. More than 12 million of the people living in food insecure households were children (Labue, 2009). Food America (2017) reports:

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

Childhood Obesity is a growing epidemic within Australia. Studies have shown that children who are obese during their childhood are more likely to stay obese and are at an increased risk of developing both short and long-term health conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes as they transition into adult hood, (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2009). Important key concepts can reduce the risk of childhood obesity such as educating individuals of the risks and the detrimental factors that childhood obesity can cause if left untreated. Health care professionals such as nurses, doctors and health practitioners all play an important role

What is childhood obesity you ask … Well childhood obesity is a “Serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents it occurs when a child is overweight than usual “(Barlow SE, Nd.). Helping kids with childhood obesity will help everyone in particular . Childhood obesity is very common condition on kids . We should help kids at young age with this problem . This will decrease the amount of people with health issues like diabetes,high cholesterol, and high blood pressure that could lead to death . It will also save you money for doctors , medicine for them , etc.

The percentage of children with obesity in the United States has more than tripled since the 1970s (“Healthy Schools.”). Childhood obesity is a medical condition that affects children and teenagers who contain excess body fat. This condition is very common today, having about 3 million cases per year (“Healthy Schools.”). A sign that a child is suffering from obesity is when their weight is well above the average for a child’s height and age. Today about one in five school children, ages 6-19, are obese (“Healthy Schools.”). I will be addressing the causes, health complications, treatments, controversy, and supporting obese students.

As part of the project, our team filled 54 school-aged children backpacks which will be delivered to pre-selected children every Friday, or the last day of the school week. My hopes are to prevent childhood hunger during their time away from school. It is a wonderful feeling that we are able to help many children have food to take home, and not have to worry about being hungry. Instead, they can enjoy being a kid. This program helps to close the gap for many school-aged children, by reducing the stress of weekend hunger. “We found that the

Hunger is a current social issue that plays a role in many American families who are living in poverty. Although poverty is a major issue in its own category, hunger is an ugly side effect of poverty. Living in poverty has long-term negative impacts on the overall well-being of children. Morales, Sheaford, and Scott (2007) stated, "hunger has an immediate impact on poor people because it represents a threat to one 's very survival" (p. 368). Children living in poverty are susceptible to enduring a level of hunger known as food insecurity.

Childhood obesity is a growing problem in today’s world. Not only is it making children’s lives harder, but it has also taken several lives, young and old. There are several factors that contribute to one’s obesity, but there are things that can be done to lower obesity, specifically in children. The obvious problems that obesity causes are the physical and emotional tolls that they take on a person. These tolls are hard for adults, but the impact on children can be significantly more difficult. However, certain steps taken by the food industry and superior adults can have an immense impact on helping solve these issues and changing children’s lives everywhere. Though childhood obesity can lead to physical and emotional health risks, through smaller portions and increased physical activity childhood obesity could be defeated.

Food access has historically been an issue for needy and/or problem children, and those issues have evolved over time. What was once defined by hunger and starvation, food insecurity is now defined by obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. However, the core issue remains the same—that poor children suffer from malnutrition due to lack of proper nutritional support systems. Public food support services can help these children, but food security is still an issue for these children. According to The Impact of the National School Lunch Program on Child Health, “Children in households reporting the receipt of free or reduced-price school meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) are more likely to have negative health outcomes than observationally similar nonparticipants” (Gundersen, Kreider, & Pepper 2012, p. 79). While federal food assistance programs like the National School Lunch Program add caloric supplementation to a child’s dietary needs, it’s clear that these programs still leave many dietary needs unaddressed. Gundersen et. al. also found free lunch recipients are worse off than eligible nonparticipants in terms of health outcomes (see Appendix A for detailed analysis and statistics). Despite efforts to relieve food insecurity in low-income households, those public food assistance programs may not effectively eradicate food insecurity and might also exasperate problematic health outcomes for the children involved in these food programs. Thus, food

Too many of America’s children are overweight or obese. One in six American children are overweight or obese. Obesity can lead to a lifetime of health issues, including but not limited to, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Advertisements for sugary drinks and junk food that is marketed to children, mostly on television, have been proven to be the main cause of childhood obesity. That is why advertisers should not market unhealthy sugary drinks and junk food to children on television because this directly leads to obesity. Parents can limit the viewing of unhealthy food commercials, communities can boycott unhealthy food products, lawmakers can give the FTC and FCC more power to regulate these types of commercials, and all food companies can unanimously decide on the same rules for self-regulation, these are all steps toward decreasing the amount of overweight and obese children in America.

My name is Nicolas A. Pol. My team of four will be attempting to tackle the disastrous global issue of childhood obesity. My team and I have been attempting to solve this dilemma for the past couple of months. The research that we have done has given us the knowledge that childhood obesity is truly a disastrous epidemic and gave us some ideas to help those children that are suffering from obesity. One of my teammates, Sebastian Vera, uses the countries of USA, England, and France while using lenses of political, economical, and technological aspects to find the solution to stop making food a reward and withholding food for punishment. The problem with this solution is that it is hard to implement. One of my teammates, Lucas de Melo, used countries like USA, Greece, and Colombia and applied economical, environmental, and political lenses to find the solution that local, national, regional, and global governments should offer more initiatives in society to decrease the amount of children that are obese. His solution has a problem in that there are already similar initiatives in most parts of the world that are somewhat ineffective. My other teammate, Caio De Almeida, used the countries USA France, and Mexico and applied the economical, cultural, and scientific lenses and suggested that the solution is healthy eating and participating in athletic activities such as sports. His solution has a problem in that everyone knows this, but many do not eat well and

In my early years, my mother gave me a well-balanced; actually, to be honest, she didn't give it to me, but force fed it down my throat. While this was happening, around me, were friends with McDonalds, and diets that consisted of everything the child wanted to eat, not what they needed. Due to the lack of education and support, children are eating an unhealthy diet that does not help them grow properly and healthfully. Childhood obesity has become a massive issue. Child obesity is something that has been gaining more awareness as the years have gone on. This is something that could cause health complications for the child and need to be put to a stop. The Lack of education and parenting has ignited the issue of childhood obesity.