Food Abuse Pros And Cons

Growing up from different house holds can cause significant advantages or disadvantages within families. These differences demonstate a desparity among the rich and the poor when seen from a socioeconomic standpoint. There are those who can afford the cost of living and provide their children with everything they need to be cosidered to be properly nourished and overall healthy. Conversely, for families in which money and food items are scarce there is a greater possibility that their children are receiving insufficient amounts of essential nutrients, thus could cause a developmental disadvantage or a series of illnesses. In the United States of America we have laws and regulations that provide families in need with government aid in an …show more content…
One factor is the signature of the president of the U.S. On December 15, 2010, president Barack Obama signed for the approval of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act. The main focus for this act was to foster good health for all children enrolled in school. Many believe this act provided aid for children, but it did not solve other issues involving domestic eating habits and a change in what food items are subsidized.1 The purpose of this act was for it to be somewhat related to previous acts in favor of children living in poverty. These policies were the Child Nutrition Act and the National School Lunch Act. This article states that norms are deloped during childhood, specifically norms involving food choices. These children needed a uniform structure as to what their daily meals should include and what amounts. If children were having a bad representation of a healthy meal everday they attended school, then they would compare their other food choices to it. In order to make a chance, the School Lunch Act had aimed to fight childhood illnesses such as cardio vascular disease, hight cholesterol, and Type 2 diabetes.1 Although, these efforts were not met, which is why there had to be a nutritional legislation reform within schools. The successful parts of this act are that it cause the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to regulate school food items that had been …show more content…
and it is for the prevention of childhood diabetes. This disease causes many other illnesses, which eventually lead to Type 2 diabetes and even becoming physically disabled in the future.2 This could become detremental for the nation because it would rise financial issues in regards to the health care system. The WIC program starts early on in childhood years for low income families. The goal of this government funded resource is that it would prevent undernutrition and poor nutrition that can often be seen in families that struggle to make ends meet financially. By creating these kinds of programs, the government is making an effort to change one of the nations biggest crisis, which is the exponentially growing childhood obesity crisis. Women and children that are a part of this program receive vouchers that allow them to get food items that are nutrient dense and provide all of the vitamins and minerals a growing child needs in the ages 0-5. This program is limited to pregnant women and infants until the age of 5.2 In addition to getting food items, they also have the option to receieve baby formula if they are not brestfeeding. In modern day, it is very costly to pruchase adequate amounts of formula, so this program ensures the child will be properly nourished. One positive resource that come from this program is that every WIC location provides the people with a nutritionist. The nutritionist is available for questions and is