where are the starving american children ?

As someone who works with inner city children, I can attest to the fact that some do come to school starving.

Anything other than your assertions of personal anecdotes?
They may have not had dinner the night before,

That's not what people mean when they speak of starvation and you know it.

I guess sending your child to bed without supper for breaking the window is starving your child now :cuckoo:

Summer vacation is 10 weeks. I'm sure they don't starve to death, since they all come back to school in August. But,,,,some of them are eating better in school with those crappy "airline" style lunches than they do at home.


I grew up eating TV dinners.

Yes, they suck compared to real homemade food.


That doesn't mean I starved. Those meals might not be all that savoury, but they have calories and they're fairly nutritious and and I covered them in black pepper and they tasted alright.

are you on drugs?
 
Really? 25% of the US population doesn't get sufficient nutrition? We have 25% of our population starving?

No. One in four kids is facing food insecurity, not starvation.
That's not what is says.


It says' lack enough food'. That means not having sufficient food. That means not having sufficient nutrition and caloric intake.


Now... where are 25% of American children hiding?
 
According to reports over the years some starving children are in homeschooled homes.

Maybe locked in a box in the backyard?
 
these are great answers. i love the expression "food insecurity". there was a story yesterday about welfare cards being used at casinos. it seems then, that the issue here is more malnourishment. i would ad to that the anguish and psychology of being hungrey, most egregious, for children. that's what promted me to ask these questions. children can't fend for themselve, therefore wouldn't be counted. homeschool is a valid consideration, but doesn't the state intervien? are there many children that are simply not known about here in the u.s.? thanks all for cogent and informing responses. i can say personally, that i'm trying to lose a few pounds, it's difficcult. being hungry changes the way one thinks. i remember in my twenties having no food for just a few days, it's rough. do the individaul states go looking for hunger neglect or mal nourishment?
 
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Malnutrition Impairs U.S. Children?s Health, Behavior - Childcare | Family & Home | LSU AgCenter

Malnutrition Impairs U.S. Children’s Health, Behavior
Some 13 million children in the United States live in homes with limited access to a sufficient food supply. Children are being aided substantially by food stamps. In more than 800 counties nationwide, one in three children is getting this critical nutrition assistance. In the mid-American cities of St. Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans, half the children get food stamp (SNAP) benefits. Even in Peoria, Illinois – the proverbial Everytown, USA – the figure is 40 percent. In the Bronx, 46 percent of children are on food stamps. In East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, SNAP helps three in four children. A new generation of research demonstrates a direct link between inadequate food supply and a poorer overall health status among U.S. children, according to LSU AgCenter food and nutrition expert Dr. Annrose Guarino.

Caseload growth pervasive across the country: More than one in eight Americans now receives benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, and the rolls are increasing by about 20,000 people per day as the recession drags on. In the meantime, however, SNAP is keeping local economies from sinking even further. According to recent news reports, there are 239 counties in the U.S. where at least a quarter of the population receives food stamps. In over 750 counties, SNAP is helping to feed one-third of African Americans.

“This is the most urgent time for our feeding programs in our lifetime, with the exception of the Depression,” noted Kevin Concannon, the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “It’s time to face up to the fact that in this country of plenty, there are hungry people.”
 
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Signs of Malnutrition in a 4 Year Old
A child who is malnourished is not getting enough vitamins, minerals or calories from food. According to Johns Hopkins Children's Center, 1 percent of American children under the age of 5 are chronically malnourished. A malnourished 4-year-old might not appear to be starving, but instead might be suffering from a lack of adequate nutrition in more subtle ways.

Health Problems
Malnourishment can result from inadequate nutrition, or from a condition such as lactose or gluten intolerance that prevents the body from accessing nutrients from food. Some children have genetic predispositions to anemia, a chronic iron deficiency, or inherited kidney disorders that can cause rickets, a weakening of the bones due to inadequate vitamin D. If your child is at-risk for malnutrition due to another health condition, monitor the child carefully for behavioral and developmental changes.



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As someone who works with inner city children, I can attest to the fact that some do come to school starving. They may have not had dinner the night before, or mom was asleep on the couch and they had to fend for themselves to whatever they could make.

We have free breakfast and lunch for them, and for the 3 weeks of summer school (which only about 15% go to because of $$ ) they do too.

Summer vacation is 10 weeks. I'm sure they don't starve to death, since they all come back to school in August. But,,,,some of them are eating better in school with those crappy "airline" style lunches than they do at home.

I congratulate you for your work

I don't think there are many American children starving from lack of food. The children who are hungry are hungry because of parental neglect. Its good for the schools to offer a stopgap to ensuring the kids have proper nutrition, but we really need to go after the marginal parents
 
these are great answers. i love the expression "food insecurity". there was a story yesterday about welfare cards being used at casinos. it seems then, that the issue here is more malnourishment. i would ad to that the anguish and psychology of being hungrey, most egregious, for children. that's what promted me to ask these questions. children can't fend for themselve, therefore wouldn't be counted. homeschool is a valid consideration, but doesn't the state intervien? are there many children that are simply not known about here in the u.s.? thanks all for cogent and informing responses. i can say personally, that i'm trying to lose a few pounds, it's difficcult. being hungry changes the way one thinks. i remember in my twenties having no food for just a few days, it's rough. do the individaul states go looking for hunger neglect or mal nourishment?

There are many fat poor kids. The food police would like to tackle that issue; but they are not concerned with starvation. They are concerned with obesity.

Schools generally know about abuse and neglect and contact the proper authorities. But with the critical shortage of foster homes and orphanages, all they can do is monitor. So inevitably, selfish parents will use their kids' food money for other things.
 
I believe in providing school lunches and breakfasts to those who can't afford it. But what we often see at the high school level are kids throwing out the healthy food and then BUYING french fries and ice cream. You can offer kids healthy options; but you can't force them to eat them. Even my pediatrician told me that when I fretted about my finicky two year old. lol
 
The nation's economic crisis has catapulted the number of Americans who lack enough food to the highest level since the government has been keeping track, according to a new federal report, which shows that nearly 50 million people -- including almost one child in four -- struggled last year to get enough to eat.
Really? 25% of US children doesn't get sufficient nutrition? We have 25% of our children starving?

Where are they hiding?

You're an ignorant jackass.
But now we at least know why, you're mentally ill (as are the majority of homeless people).

Yes, children are starving in the US. No, they aren't deliberately starving themselves. They're children without the know-how or resources to forage for themselves.

"In 1994 the Urban Institute in Washington DC estimated that one out of 6 elderly people in the U.S. has an inadequate diet.

In the U.S. hunger and race are related. In 1991 46% of African-American children were chronically hungry, and 40% of Latino children were chronically hungry compared to 16% of white children.

The infant mortality rate is closely linked to inadequate nutrition among pregnant women. The U.S. ranks 23rd among industrial nations in infant mortality. African-American infants die at nearly twice the rate of white infants."

The world hunger problem: Facts, figures and statistics

Then there's deliberate starvation of children (you know, those damn kids should get out and feed themselves!)

"Results. Of the 12 cases reviewed, the median age was 2.7 years, with a range of 2.25 months to 13 years 7 months. Half of the children died shortly before or soon after presentation for medical care or to law enforcement. Survival was more common in older children than in infants. Most of the children were secluded from others, and all had access to food denied or severely restricted. Caretakers claimed few, benign, or no past medical illnesses in the children. Based on weight and height measurements, 10 of the children had severe wasting and stunting, and 2 had mild or moderate wasting. There was a tendency toward more severe wasting in the fatal cases. All children manifested multiorgan effects of starvation."
Criminally Prosecuted Cases of Child Starvation -- Kellogg and Lukefahr 116 (6): 1309 -- Pediatrics
 
now please don't read anything into this, these are just a couple of questions, asked in ernest. O.K. are there starving children in america. that's an obvious yes, with 300 million people. but, where are they? how many? do they fall through the cracks of state aid? are any children, homeless or otherwise, ever denied food assistance? is the problem in finding them to help, or is the assistance, being squandered by their guardians, causing them not to get what they need.. thx

With the Govt programs, charities and jobs out there... if there are starving children in the United States, it is the parents fault and noone elses.
 
You libs need to get your crisis stories straight.

You are taking food out of classrooms because kids are too fat while at the same time whining that they dont' have enough food.

Truly a mental disease.
 
As tragic as starving children is, there is a silver lining.

Our children are *still* overweight compared to other countries.

I don't say this to minimize the problem. Only to try to make it not so despairing.
 
We've got some of the fattest starving people on earth.

I don't see any kids starving and I live in a town with a huge number of very poor people.
 
Some schools around here are discussing deleting the breakfast at school for budgetary reasons.

I think they should, if the kid shows up at school half starved go beat up the parents some.

Are you serious? Of all the budget waste that schools have , feeding kids who need food should be the last program cut. I sit on a school board, and I can tell you , we will cut football but we let a child go hungry.
 
We've got some of the fattest starving people on earth.

I don't see any kids starving and I live in a town with a huge number of very poor people.

Being fat can be a sign of being malnourished, rather than being well fed.
 
You libs need to get your crisis stories straight.

You are taking food out of classrooms because kids are too fat while at the same time whining that they dont' have enough food.

Truly a mental disease.

With stupid comments like these, why do you even post?
 
We've got some of the fattest starving people on earth.

I don't see any kids starving and I live in a town with a huge number of very poor people.

Being fat can be a sign of being malnourished, rather than being well fed.

Also, the "fatty" foods are a lot cheaper to buy than than fruits and vegetables, and lean cuts of meats. The kids are eating pork rinds and hot cheetos and Little Debbies, with a orange soda as thier drink.
 

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