One in four kids in the U.S. faces hunger.
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Hunger in America is an American problem. The hunger of one should be the concern of all. Especially the hunger of children - our children.
It occurred to me that a food drive would be a natural way to talk to kids about hunger, which so many of them simply aren't aware of.
Close to a billion people - one-eighth of the world's population - still live in hunger. Each year 2 million children die through malnutrition. This is happening at a time when doctors in Britain are warning of the spread of obesity. We are eating too much while others starve.
I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed.
The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children.
The fact that most kids aren't eating at home with their families any more really means they are eating elsewhere. They are eating out there in fast food nation.
Hunger and malnutrition have devastating consequences for children and have been linked to low birth weight and birth defects, obesity, mental and physical health problems, and poorer educational outcomes.
The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.
When people can't feed their children, nothing else positive happens. You don't have to look farther than the United States to see that.
In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough to eat, so my goal is to bring awareness to this tragic issue.
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