Many students are unable to focus because they lack nutrition. It’s difficult for a child to study when all they can think about is food. The average student worries about understanding lessons while others think about when they will have their next meal. Eating is a way to get energy and without food the body isn’t functioning properly. Students may seem tired or not interested in learning because they do not have enough strength to keep them awake in class. The Feeding America program states, “Hunger can cause behavioral challenges such as fighting, aggression, hyperactivity, anxiety, mood swings, and bullying” (Child Development). Clearly hunger has a major impacts in people’s mental abilities. Hunger causes abnormal behaviors which is dangerous for other people. If students are disrupting the learning environment then this will affect other students. It will cause other problems in schools such as students behaving violently and becoming depressed. Some people may miss one meal a day be irritable, but missing multiple meals a day can be
Many students are unable to focus because they lack nutrition. It’s difficult for a child to study when all they can think about is food. The average student worries about understanding lessons while others think about when they will have their next meal. Eating is a way to get energy and without food the body isn’t functioning properly. Students may seem tired or not interested in learning because they do not have enough strength to keep them awake in class. The Feeding America program states, “Hunger can cause behavioral challenges such as fighting, aggression, hyperactivity, anxiety, mood swings, and bullying” (Child Development). Clearly hunger has a major impacts in people’s mental abilities. Hunger causes abnormal behaviors which is dangerous for other people. If students are disrupting the learning environment then this will affect other students. It will cause other problems in schools such as students behaving violently and becoming depressed. Some people may miss one meal a day be irritable, but missing multiple meals a day can be