Nutrition is extremely important to children and adults. To be healthy, a child requires certain nutrients. Eating a balanced diet is extremely important to gain those nutrients. Food provides our bodies with protein, vitamins, minerals, essential fats, and energy in order to live, grow, and function normally. There are many areas of the world that have a high percentage of malnourished children. One area that has a high percentage is India. 43.5% of children under the age of 5 are malnourished in India. There are areas that do not even have clean, sanitized water. Many children are living out in the streets due to their parents having issues with getting a job. They are currently working to solve the problem in India. They are implementing programs that will provide breakfast and lunch, along with immunizations and medical care for those children who are malnourished. They are hoping to overcome this huge problem they have and to stop 1,500 children from dying daily from being malnourished.
If a child is hungry they can not concentrate on their school work. That hunger will overcome their lives. No child should be hungry ever. One of the things that I help do in my community is to make sure every child has something to eat through the week. We do this by collecting food and delivering it to those in need. We also do community meals twice a month. Offering a free meal to the entire town. The school provides buddy packs on Fridays filled with all kinds of nutritious food. This is the schools way of making sure the kids have something to eat through the weekend. Good nutrition is extremely important in my community. Programs such as buddy packs and community meals should be something that is done all over the world. Even a little bit of help will make a difference.
I am going to continue to help those in my community. Making sure every child has something to eat is one thing that I will always try to help with.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/child-malnutrition-in-india/
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