Promoting Food Security for All Children

Medientyp: E-Artikel
Titel: Promoting Food Security for All Children
Beteiligte: Gitterman, Benjamin A.; Chilton, Lance A.; Cotton, William H.; Duffee, James H.; Flanagan, Patricia; Keane, Virginia A.; Krugman, Scott D.; Kuo, Alice A.; Linton, Julie M.; McKelvey, Carla D.; Paz-Soldan, Gonzalo J.; Daniels, Stephen R.; Abrams, Steven A.; Corkins, Mark R.; de Ferranti, Sarah D.; Golden, Neville H.; Magge, Sheela N.; Schwarzenberg, Sarah Jane
Erschienen: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 2015
Erschienen in: Pediatrics
Sprache: Englisch
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-3301
ISSN: 0031-4005; 1098-4275
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Beschreibung: <jats:sec> <jats:title>This Policy Statement was reaffirmed March 2021.</jats:title> <jats:p>Sixteen million US children (21%) live in households without consistent access to adequate food. After multiple risk factors are considered, children who live in households that are food insecure, even at the lowest levels, are likely to be sick more often, recover from illness more slowly, and be hospitalized more frequently. Lack of adequate healthy food can impair a child’s ability to concentrate and perform well in school and is linked to higher levels of behavioral and emotional problems from preschool through adolescence. Food insecurity can affect children in any community, not only traditionally underserved ones. Pediatricians can play a central role in screening and identifying children at risk for food insecurity and in connecting families with needed community resources. Pediatricians should also advocate for federal and local policies that support access to adequate healthy food for an active and healthy life for all children and their families.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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