Poverty is a growing problem, and it is particularly devastating to children, whose brains need fuel to grow so they can develop into healthy adults.
But poverty affects more than brains. Poverty is linked to chronic disease — including obesity, heart disease and depression. Obesity is further linked to hypertension, heart disease and stroke. These are all major killers in our country.
Poverty is one of the major adverse childhood experiences, which are hardships that are tough to bear — such as poverty, parental separation, unemployment, alcoholism, neglect and abuse. Adverse childhood experiences are known in both children and adults to be tied to diseases — such as obesity and depression. The more adverse childhood experiences one has, the greater the risk of disease and early death.
One way to reduce adversity faced by children? Feed them during the summer
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