Childhood+Hunger+in+U.S.+I

Child Hunger in the United States is a vicious cycle. Child Hunger leads to poor performance in school, which can potentially lead to minimum wage jobs and poverty. People in poverty are often forced to juggle between paying mortgages and food. Education is wide accepted as one of the most effective solutions to poverty and child hunger. For majority of the adult population, it is the only way to get out of poverty. The cycle can be broken at any stage, whether its simply helping people out of poverty or feeding hungry children. I am convinced that breaking the cycle at the childhood stage is the most advantageous, because as sad as the reality seems these children still have an entire future ahead of them.
 * Why focus on Child hunger in the United States instead of hunger in the United States as a whole?**

Child hunger is absolutely unacceptable because we have enough food.We have a surplus of food in stockpiles the problem in the United States is delivering the food to the people who need it. There are many federal programs in place in every state to feed the hungry. Often times large corportations such as Sam's Club hold large events to feed the hungry children. However, these solutions are treatment methods. These solutions really don't fix anything. "If you give a man a fish you will feed him for one day, if you teach the man how to fish you will feed him for a lifetime." Often times "solutions" such as food stamps are ineffective, 10% of people on food stamps recorded being able to stretch them the entire month.
 * What are the effects of child hunger?**
 * Children suffering from child hunger are more susceptible to obesity.
 * It is important for a child to be well nourished between the ages of 0-3. Between 0-3 a child's brain is in a very sensitive state where they learn many cognitive skills.
 * Children suffering from malnutrition are recorded to have worse behavior in school.
 * Children suffering from malnutrition also have harder times concentrating in school.
 * Why is this a big deal?**
 * Whats being done? Is it working?**