Promoting food security for all children
Council on Community Pediatrics… - …, 2015 - publications.aap.org
This Policy Statement was reaffirmed March 2021. 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 …
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 …