Hunger and Starvation - - Is it Natural?
There IS a defined simple solution to global starvation
Prevention and treatment of starvation
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Childhood Hunger
As a community, if not as a nation, too, we ALL share responsibility for obtaining to distribute to vulnerable populations, most especially children. The consequences of poor nutrition in childhood are like expanding circles, far greater than one may have imagined. All of society loses when their children are poorly fed, malnourished for reasons beyond their control. Hunger in a child is a form of social poverty, casting comment on the society at least as much as it does upon the hungry child.
For a nation billed as the richest on earth, how can millions of citizens have such difficulty feeding their families?
- Something on the order of 10,000,000 of our country's children receive food from either a pantry, kitchen or shelter within America's Second Harvest network .
- Almost one in ten pantry recipients are ages 0 to 5; 7.7% are shelter clients.
- Of all the households served by America's Second Harvest, fully three-fourths of those households with children under the age of 18 are food insecure; an estimated 2.6 million households.
- Among all members of client households, 18.4% of kitchen clients stated that their child/children had skipped meals within the last 12 months because there wasn't enough money for food.
- 22.2% of shelter clients indicated that their child/children had been hungry at least once in the prior 12 months but couldn't afford more food.
- 26.3% of all client households stated that their child/children were sometimes or often not eating enough during the previous 12 months because they just couldn't afford enough food; an estimated 0.9 million households.
- Among all client households with at least one child under the age of 18; 63.2% utilize the school lunch program and half of them use the breakfast program in school.
- 52.5% of all client households with at least one child under the age of six are enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
- 61.9% of agencies run feeding programs that target children only: Kids Cafes, youth after-school programs, child day care programs, and summer camps for low-income clients.
- The United States is a part of the high-income group of nations, which consists of about 65 countries with a combined population of about 1 billion, less than one sixth of the world’s population. 5
- In contrast, approximately 5.6 billion people live in low and lower-middle income economies. This world, earning under $3,705 GNI per capita, is made up of about 103 low and middle income countries in which people generally have a lower standard of living with access to fewer goods and services than people in high-income countries. 6
Facts and Figures on Hunger and Poverty
- In 2005, almost 1.4 billion people lived below the international poverty line, earning less than $1.25 per day. 7
- Among this group of poor people, many have problems obtaining adequate, nutritious food for themselves and their families. As a result, 947 million people in the developing world are undernourished. They consume less than the minimum amount of calories essential for sound health and growth. 8
- Undernourishment negatively affects people’s health, productivity, sense of hope and overall well-being. A lack of food can stunt growth, slow thinking, sap energy, hinder fetal development and contribute to mental retardation. 1
- Economically, the constant securing of food consumes valuable time and energy of poor people, allowing less time for work and earning income. 1
- Socially, the lack of food erodes relationships and feeds shame so that those most in need of support are often least able to call on it. 1
- Go to the World Food Programme website and click on either "Counting the Hungry" or "Interactive Hunger Map" for presentations on hunger and poverty around the world.
Facts and Figures on Health
- Poor nutrition and calorie deficiencies cause nearly one in three people to die prematurely or have disabilities, according to the World Health Organization. 9
- Pregnant women, new mothers who breastfeed infants, and children are among the most at risk of undernourishment. 9
- In 2006, about 9.7 million children died before they reached their fifth birthday. Almost all of these deaths occured in developing countries, 4/5 of them in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the two regions that also suffer from the highest rates of hunger and malnutrition. 10
- Most of these deaths are attributed, not to outright starvation, but to diseases that move in on vulnerable children whose bodies have been weakened by hunger. 11
- Every year, more than 20 million low-birth weight babies are born in developing countries. These babies risk dying in infancy, while those who survive often suffer lifelong physical and cognitive disabilities. 12
- The four most common childhood illnesses are diarrhea, acute respiratory illness, malaria and measles. Each of these illnesses is both preventable and treatable. Yet, again, poverty interferes in parents’ ability to access immunizations and medicines. Chronic undernourishment on top of insufficient treatment greatly increases a child’s risk of death. 11
- In the developing world, 26 percent of children under 5 are moderately to severely underweight. 10 percent are severely underweight. 11 percent of children under 5 are moderately to severely wasted, or seriously below weight for one’s height, and an overwhelming 32 percent are moderately to severely stunted, or seriously below normal height for one’s age. 13
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