The topic in which I have chosen to write about is hunger, and the issue is very important to recognize even when there are several benefactors that contribute to making sure families are not going hungry. Hunger is not really brought up as a major issue anymore because there is programs such as food stamps, and several forms of government assistance that is being given out more often than not in todays society. Hunger is not found very often anymore in poor households, and is becoming less of an issue each and every year.
According to the article written in 2009, malnutrition, states that hunger is not an important issue anymore, due to the availability of food to the lower class families. The article also states that all hunger in the United States is short-term and episodic rather than continuous. Several statistics were taken in the past few years to monitor hunger in lower, and middle class families and research shows that according to the USDA [United States Department of Agriculture], on a typical day, fewer than one American in 200 will experience hunger due to a lack of money to buy food. Also, in a typical month, roughly one child in 400 skipped one or more meals because the family lacked funds to buy food. These rates have dropped alot since the mid 1990s, and was actually cut by a third, going from 887,000 hungry children, to 567,000 in 2009. Over 97 percent of the U.S. population of lived in families stated that they never had the issue of not having enough food …show more content…
Surprisingly enough, low class and middle class families are on the same level when it comes to malnutrition. One may think that the low class families have more cases of being malnourished because of not having enough money to buy healthier foods, but studies show low income families consume more meat than middle income families and that their intake of calories and proteins are between 150 percent and 267 percent of the RDA.
The issue of malnutrition is no longer based on income or what class of people you are in. The article “Malnutrition” states that the examination of the average nutriment consumption of Americans reveals that age and gender play a far greater role than income class in determining nutritional intake. In conclusion, hunger is no longer being brought to the attention of society, as it is diminishing slowly through the years. The new issue of malnutrition has replaced hunger, due to children and adults not having enough nutrition to live a normal healthy
According to the article written in 2009, malnutrition, states that hunger is not an important issue anymore, due to the availability of food to the lower class families. The article also states that all hunger in the United States is short-term and episodic rather than continuous. Several statistics were taken in the past few years to monitor hunger in lower, and middle class families and research shows that according to the USDA [United States Department of Agriculture], on a typical day, fewer than one American in 200 will experience hunger due to a lack of money to buy food. Also, in a typical month, roughly one child in 400 skipped one or more meals because the family lacked funds to buy food. These rates have dropped alot since the mid 1990s, and was actually cut by a third, going from 887,000 hungry children, to 567,000 in 2009. Over 97 percent of the U.S. population of lived in families stated that they never had the issue of not having enough food …show more content…
Surprisingly enough, low class and middle class families are on the same level when it comes to malnutrition. One may think that the low class families have more cases of being malnourished because of not having enough money to buy healthier foods, but studies show low income families consume more meat than middle income families and that their intake of calories and proteins are between 150 percent and 267 percent of the RDA.
The issue of malnutrition is no longer based on income or what class of people you are in. The article “Malnutrition” states that the examination of the average nutriment consumption of Americans reveals that age and gender play a far greater role than income class in determining nutritional intake. In conclusion, hunger is no longer being brought to the attention of society, as it is diminishing slowly through the years. The new issue of malnutrition has replaced hunger, due to children and adults not having enough nutrition to live a normal healthy