Hunger: Consequences of Stress on Children's Development

Poverty is the main cause of hunger, and hunger is a cause of poverty.  Some families struggle trying to feed their family.  Hunger can hinder a child’s ability to learn in school.  Hunger also can contribute to health issues and put children at risk of experiencing poverty. 

There’s a young teenage girl attending high school and had to deal with a pregnancy.   To make things worse, she lived in a household with one parent, therefore, made it harder to live.  She suffered from hunger a lot of school days because her mother could not afford to take of herself and two children not excluding the teenager.  When people go malnourished, they lose brain functionality and the mental resources to be a productive asset in society or earn money.  The young girl had to apply for government assist in order to eat and deliver a healthy baby.  Despite years of progress against hunger, in 2010, it is estimated that 925 million people suffer from hunger.

In Asia and the Pacific, 28 percent of the people border on starvation, experiencing the gnawing pain of perpetual hunger. In the Near East, one in ten people are underfed.  However, through groups and assisted provided today that percent has improved growth of children.  Good nutrition contributes to children and women growth as they develop. 

 

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