Hunger in the US
As the world population grows so does the amount of people that live without the proper amount of nutrition and food. Many people do not realize that hunger and malnutrition is a problem that many Americans face on a daily basis. Perhaps, we have overlooked the obvious failing to realize that our country is not perfect and is subject to "third-world" problems such as starvation. For decades we, as Americans, have gone above and beyond the call of duty and aid other countries that were faced with problems such as malnutrition and hunger. Sadly, though we have failed to aid ourselves and bring and end to our own country's problem. Instead of feeding the needy here in the U.S., we continue to send food to other countries. This is not a bad thing. However, we as Americans need to take care of ourselves, and our fellow Americans. The problem with hunger what the United States faces may not be as dramatic as that of other countries, but this is all the more reason to find ways that truly create a solution. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World said, "As much as we'd like to think that ours is a generous society, the fact is that the riches country in the world does less that any other develo
Hunger in America has risen greatly in major U.S. cities over the last year (2201); those suffering most are children. The number of families that have children requesting emergency food assistance has risen by average of 19 percent over the last year. (Jeff Bridges, Shaeron Davis, jim Hahn pg 2). This is a very gad thing that so many children throughout the Untied States are having problems with hunger. Hunger is not just a nutritional problem, but also critically impact children's ability to learn in school and reach their full potential. It is said that if children are at school and are hungry, his or her capacity to learn is impaired because the body diverts energy to keep the organs alive; the last priority is to provide energy to fuel cognitive development. (Jeff Bridges, Sharon Davis, Jim Hahn pg 1). For children that suffer from hunger have trouble concentrating on work and can cause them to get low grades. Hunger has a great impact on children and now schools are starting to provide a meal before schools to try and help the children do better in school. Jeff Bridges said, "experts agree that by expanding existing school meal programs, we have the potential to drastically improve the health and well-being of hungry children," There are now many organizations that are helping to provide food programs for schools to try and make a difference. According to Leo Vox's Research almost one-half of all Americans own stock and are able to watch their wealth and economic power grow on the nightly news, it is good to remember that over 800 million people worldwide are passing the same nights unable to feed themselves and their children. Frances Moore Lappe has said that there is enough food; the hunger is not necessary; that hunger is a social creation; hungry people a asocial phenomenon, and consequently one which depends on us and which we can change.
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