United States of American has been ranked as one of the most advanced countries in the world, bit one in three American children live in poverty with lack of adult care. In a low-income family, parents’ educational level is linked to low earnings. They usually have very limited food budget and choice on the grocery list. High dietary food then becomes the primary choice for children in poverty. This brings us a closer connection to an issue- the highest rate of obesity happens in the groups of low-income families in the U.S. Obesity affects 17% of American children who live in a low-safety environment and fast food filled neighborhood (Franzini et al., 2009). Parents disregarded this issue, which position their children’s physical and mental
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is the riches country in the world; however, it also has the highest childhood poverty rates at the same time. Our country is facing the enormous disparity between wealth and poor. According to The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the report the numbers of poverty has been increased by 2 % every year since 2008. If we turn the percentage into actual numbers, which means every year an increase of 1.7 million children are going up since 2012. Overall a total of 24.2 million American children have met the definition of poverty in 2012 (The Washington Post, 2014). The research team also looked at differences in childhood poverty at fifty states in the U.S. Poverty in the state of New Mexico is found to be the highest rate at approximately 41.9 percent; whereas, New Hampshire has the lowest rate, which one in eight children lives in a poor environment. American becomes the richest country in the world but its child poverty is placed at the worst level among the developed countries. These statistical numbers highlight the issue that most of American children are possibly living in a terrible environment because parents are not earning sufficient income to support the whole …show more content…
The U.S. Congress has put lots of effort to improve afterschool nutrition programs, which provides healthy snacks and safe out-of-school place while their parents are at work. The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is a national nonprofit organization in the U.S. FRAC works with hundreds of public agencies to address hunger, food insecurity, healthy diets, and effective solutions to improve overall health (Cluss et al., 2013). All the afterschool snacks and meals follow the U.S. Department Agriculture nutritional guidelines including 1 serve of milk, 2 servings of fruits, 1 serving of grains and proteins. When the children arrive at intervention program after school, the staff will serve healthy snacks first. The sample menu includes mixed berries, mile, sliced peaches, cheese sticks, or yogurt etc. (Cluss et al., 2013). The research shows kids’ growing bodies consume lots of energy throughout the day. If afterschool does not provide snacks between lunch and dinner, their attention will be easily distracted and they are not able to participate physical exercise well in afterschool activities. On the other hand, food can be a good strategy to attract children to arrive afterschool programs on time, especially for older children who were forced to participate in afterschool interventional program by parents.
is the riches country in the world; however, it also has the highest childhood poverty rates at the same time. Our country is facing the enormous disparity between wealth and poor. According to The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the report the numbers of poverty has been increased by 2 % every year since 2008. If we turn the percentage into actual numbers, which means every year an increase of 1.7 million children are going up since 2012. Overall a total of 24.2 million American children have met the definition of poverty in 2012 (The Washington Post, 2014). The research team also looked at differences in childhood poverty at fifty states in the U.S. Poverty in the state of New Mexico is found to be the highest rate at approximately 41.9 percent; whereas, New Hampshire has the lowest rate, which one in eight children lives in a poor environment. American becomes the richest country in the world but its child poverty is placed at the worst level among the developed countries. These statistical numbers highlight the issue that most of American children are possibly living in a terrible environment because parents are not earning sufficient income to support the whole …show more content…
The U.S. Congress has put lots of effort to improve afterschool nutrition programs, which provides healthy snacks and safe out-of-school place while their parents are at work. The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is a national nonprofit organization in the U.S. FRAC works with hundreds of public agencies to address hunger, food insecurity, healthy diets, and effective solutions to improve overall health (Cluss et al., 2013). All the afterschool snacks and meals follow the U.S. Department Agriculture nutritional guidelines including 1 serve of milk, 2 servings of fruits, 1 serving of grains and proteins. When the children arrive at intervention program after school, the staff will serve healthy snacks first. The sample menu includes mixed berries, mile, sliced peaches, cheese sticks, or yogurt etc. (Cluss et al., 2013). The research shows kids’ growing bodies consume lots of energy throughout the day. If afterschool does not provide snacks between lunch and dinner, their attention will be easily distracted and they are not able to participate physical exercise well in afterschool activities. On the other hand, food can be a good strategy to attract children to arrive afterschool programs on time, especially for older children who were forced to participate in afterschool interventional program by parents.