Topic > The Importance of Nutrition - 564

Good nutrition is important for establishing a good foundation and development of children, which has implications for the child's future physical and mental health, academic structure and economic productivity. The government has established programs that help fight childhood hunger, some of these programs are the backpack program, SNAP, free and reduced lunches and breakfasts, and the Salvation Army, etc. While these programs serve hungry children, there are still many who go hungry in the United States. This negatively affects children in the United States, impacting their health and education, preventing children from future economic gains. According to feedameica.org in 2011, 47 percent of all SNAP households contained children, and in 2012, more than 31 million low-income children received free or reduced-price daily meals. While there are many programs to help children from hunger, such as SNAP, free and reduced lunches and breakfasts, and backpacking programs, many children in the United States go hungry every day due to poverty and people who do not have the money to pay for the nutritious food needed. for a healthy life...