Describe some common forms of inadequate nutrition in the United States
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: While severe extreme forms of malnutrition, such as kwashiorkor and marasmus, are not common in the United States, iron-deficiency anemia is common among poverty-stricken infants and children. It is a condition that interferes with many central nervous system processes. Withdrawal and listlessness reduce the nutritionally deprived child's ability to pay attention, explore, and evoke sensitive caregiving from parents, whose lives are already disrupted by poverty and stressful living conditions.
Because government-supported supplementary food programs do not reach all families in need, an estimated 22 percent of U.S. children suffer from food insecurity—uncertain access to enough food for a healthy, active life. Food insecurity is especially high among single-parent families and low-income ethnic minority families. Children who suffer from food insecurity are affected in their physical growth and ability to learn.
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