The Role Of Malnourishment Negatively Affects People 's Health

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.

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many of our country's most successful efforts to halt the spread of childhood hunger and starvation have recently been withdrawn.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

Many people do not realize that hunger and malnutrition is a problem that many Americans face on a daily basis. Maybe, we are failing to realize that our country is not perfect, but if we don’t try to do anything then more and more children will die. The problem with child hunger is that the United States may not face as dramatic problems with hunger as that of other countries, but

Children in need of these nutrients can suffer from stunted growth never reaching potential height. Statistics have shown stunted growth children score significantly lower on intelligence tests than do normal children. Hunger interferes with physical, emotional and academic development. According to Freedom from Hunger, “more than 4 million children will die due to hunger related causes.” NASW(2016) shows an important connection food security and nutrition play in physical and mental health.

Have you ever thought about what it is like to be constantly hungry as a result of not having access to adequate food? For some people in the world this is a reality. In my interview with Melinda Vonderhorst she recounts her personal observations from her five trips to Haiti, where she helped to build a school along with working in an orphanage and clinic, of countless children

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

A balanced nutrition for the first 3 years of a child’s life is extremely important to stabilize their mental and physical health in the future. Starvation is a common problem with poor families. It currently affects 49.1 million families in the United States. Undernutrition is the start to many diseases such as measles and malaria. If the children get these diseases, it is very likely that they don’t have health insurance to cover their illnesses and injuries. 15.8 million children have families who are not consistently stable to feed them. Food pantries are crowded and jam packed with people, that they don’t have enough food for all. The majority of canned foods and other donations are donated during Christmas or Thanksgiving when the food pantries need it the most. Nobody realizes that they need food all throughout the year. Food is the main component to fuel the body to grow and move. Poverty doesn’t just hurt a child physically through starvation, moreover mentally through learning

Hungry children are sick more often and more likely to visit the hospital and these costs result in higher health insurance rates and taxes. Health problems also carry into adulthood, which leads to additional health care costs, absenteeism, and poor performance at work. Hungry children experience lower academic achievement and have social and behavioral problems that carry over into the workforce. As a result, America's workforce is less competitive and less productive. Since the nation's growth depends on the health of America's children, eliminating child hunger should be a priority. Like a vaccine, good nutrition can prevent health problems and increase American productivity with the cooperation of public and private food assistance programs

Within the United States, in 2014 we had 1 out of 7 children born into poverty (C., 2016). That is an outstanding amount of children starting life out with a disadvantage. Statistics show that the U.S. has higher poverty rates than other developed countries (O., 2014). When a child is born into poverty, they are faced with many challenges that people are not very cognizant of. Children living in poverty usually have trouble accessing proper healthcare, education, and nutrition. These simple things are taken for granted by most people, but all have a close relation to one’s wellbeing. When child’s health is poor and they are lacking adequate nutrition, they are more than likely going to struggle in school and potentially drop out. All in all, telling us at Uber that food insecurity is a serious problem that we plan on improving, starting in Dallas, TX.

The issue is to a point where, “incidence of child malnutrition reaches 80%,” over half of the population of this country's children are not getting the proper nutrients to sustain their growing bodies (Economist 1). The incredibly high number is likely due to the high cost of importing food into the country, causing many families to live off the local food products in their cities. In a case study in Antigua, Guatemala, a mother tells reporters she, “could not afford formula so she gave her sugar water,” a substance that will fill the child’s belly but leave her without the vital nutrient her body needs (Gowen). A small child cannot eat the large food provided by the United States government, and still require the protein found in baby formula. Without a reliable source of food, malnutrition will continue to appear in the children of the region. The regional spikes in the rate of malnutrition are incredibly difficult to

“Hunger is more than missing a meal. It's a debilitating crisis that has almost one billion people in its grip.” (MercyCorps). World hunger is a serious problem in our world today. Men, women, and children suffer from lack of food all over the world. Food is one of the most important things we need to survive. According to Feed My Starving Children, “Food builds a solid foundation for communities to become strong and self-reliant.” Most importantly, the women, need to be fed also because if they are fed, they will give birth to a healthy baby. Most women are hungry and when they suffer from hunger they have a higher chance of having complications during birth

A large problem of childhood poverty is malnutrition. Since these children are growing up in poverty, many of the parents have a hard time supplying food for their kids. Surprisingly, there

Malnutrition and unclean water are major causes of death in developing countries. While people in developed countries have access to a glass of fresh water anytime of the day, it’s quite the contrary for people in developed countries whose only source of water is the river that’s miles away. This goes for food as well. Undernourished kids have a hard time developing and are less resistant to diseases (i). Insufficient nutrients contribute to rising child mortality (ii); mothers are unable to breastfeed their babies since they are undernourished themselves (ii). In some instances, girls are required to eat last after the males due to their culture. The consequences of malnutrition are many; the leading results are lower IQs, heart disease,

As a young girl, I recall watching a documentary about a young mother in Africa who cooked mud cakes under the blinding sun to put some source of calcium into her starving childrens body. The cakes were made from dried dirt which was dug from the ground. While children in first world nations take for granted the meals they receive at home and in school, every day millions of men and women across the world struggle to feed their children a nutritious meal. As children in the richest countries in the world throw out vast amounts of food and have developed particular appetites for certain foods, children in developed countries go to bed with an empty stomach. Many parents do not understand the impact of raising their children with a silver spoon in their mouth and how it can shape them into selfish adults in the long run. It is embarrassing as an American citizen to know that while our country is facing obesity, people in other countries are dying from starvation. Most individuals believe that famine and poverty are merely natural phenomenon based on geography and environment. However, these individuals fail to realize that these issues are rooted in social relations. In order to eradicate famine and poverty within society, particular social relations need to be eliminated.

We hope to promote an environment for women and children to thrive. We need to include aid from the government and associated civil-society movements as well as other individuals and organizations working for the common good. Susceptible groups including single mothers, adolescents, and migrants are impacted by malnutrition thus making it our goal to create an inclusive environment focusing on young populaces and exposed groups.