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FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER. EFFECTS ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND…
FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER.
EFFECTS ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR
Definition of Food Security
Food insecurity refers to the lack of nutritious foods in sufficient quantities to maintain good health.
Effects on Mothers
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Depression
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Low maternal depression hemoglobin
Recommendations to decrease food insecurity
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Food bank should not be considered in any way an adequate component of our social safety net.
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Subsidized food may be a solution that could help improved the quality of people's diets and significant reduce hunger.
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We need to educate society about making healthy food choices for their children and how they can ensure their children are getting sufficient nutrients.
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Health Professional.
Effects on children
Reduced learning and productivity
Iron deficiently
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Born with low cord serum ferritin levels performed poorly on tests of fine motors skills and language development compared with children born with normal ferritin levels. `
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Benefit less from school environments and opportunities for early development.
Nutritional deficiencies
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Symptoms of hyperactivity inattention than children who are not food insecure.
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Hyperkinesia , inattention and poorly memory.
Mental Health
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Found that child hunger was a predictor of depression and suicidal ideation .
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Can weaken infant's attachments to parents , which may negatively affect children 's mental health later in life.
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;\Linked with higher rates of a w ide range of adolescent mod, behavior and substances abuse disorder.
Chronic diseases
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Toxic stress was defined as extreme, frequent or extended activation of the stress response accompanied by the absence of a supportive adult.
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More likely to have poorer health and repeated episodes of hunger were particularly toxic.
Overweight status
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Restrictive and pressuring maternal feeding styles compared with food secure mother.
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Sex differences . ( food-insecure girls at risk for obesity compared with boys)