Promoting Food Security for All Children
Promoting Food Security for All Children
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1600万美国儿童(21%)生活在没有持续获得足够食物的家庭中。在考虑了多种风险因素后，生活在食物不安全家庭的儿童，即使是生活在最低水平的家庭，也可能更经常生病，康复更慢，住院更频繁。缺乏足够的健康食物会损害孩子在学校集中注意力和表现良好的能力，并与从学龄前到青春期的更高水平的行为和情绪问题有关。粮食不安全会影响任何社区的儿童，而不仅仅是传统上服务不足的社区。儿科医生可以在筛查和确定面临粮食不安全风险的儿童以及将家庭与所需的社区资源联系起来方面发挥核心作用。儿科医生还应倡导联邦和地方政策，支持所有儿童及其家庭获得足够的健康食品，以过上积极健康的生活。
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 problems from preschool through adolescence. Food insecurity can affect children in any community, not only traditionally underserved ones. Pediatricians can play a central role in screening and identifying children at risk for food insecurity and in connecting families with needed community resources. Pediatricians should also advocate for federal and local policies that support access to adequate healthy food for an active and healthy life for all children and their families.