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  • Essay / The Importance of Nutrition - 564

    Good nutrition is important for establishing a good foundation and for the development of children, which has implications for the child's future physical and mental health, academic structure and its economic productivity. The government has programs in place that fight child hunger, some of these programs are the backpack program, SNAP, free and reduced lunch and breakfast, and the Salvation Army, etc. Although these programs are aimed at hungry children, many in the United States still go hungry. This negatively affects children in the United States, affecting their health and education, preventing them from benefiting from future economic gains. According to feedameica.org, in 2011, 47 percent of all SNAP households contained children, and in 2012, more than 31 million low-income children received free or reduced-price meals daily. Although there are many programs to combat childhood hunger, such as SNAP, free or reduced-price lunches and breakfasts, and backpack programs, many children in the United States have hungry every day because of poverty and the fact that people do not have the money to pay for the necessary nutritious food. for a healthy life...