I chose to look more into nutrition and how it effects our children. I see it everyday in my classroom. Children can't learn or concentrate because they are starving. My students receive free breakfast and lunch. I also give them a snack at the end of the day. This most times is still not enough for some of them. I few of my students also receive backpacks full of food to take home over the weekend.
As a mother myself I know that my child eats me out of house and home. Food is not a cheap thing to buy either! I can't imagine how I would feel if I couldn't provide the amount of food my child needed to stay healthy. At that I only have 1, so I can't imagine having more than 1 child to feed!
I went to the website for the Global Child Nutrition Foundation. From there I looked at the research and studies that they had done. One of their projects was feeding Mali, Chile and India. They were trying to feed school aged children and get their nutritional needs met. It was brought to my attention that in Chile the government helps feed the children to help their education. Different countries obviously have different priorities when it comes to making sure that children are being fed.
The way this impacts me is to continue to make sure that my students are eating as much as they can, as it does effect their education.When I see a child that is extra hungry I will continue to help them get food and give their parents the resources to help.
http://www.gcnf.org/
I agree, making sure a child eats is important. They can't not focus on school without eating a healthy breakfast. This will also have an impact on their learning and development growth.
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