Food Insecurity In Child Development

Children have serious health issues when their household doesn't have food security and having nutrition is an important part to a child's development. As researchers Cook and Jeng (2009) explained, “While each stage is important, none is more important than the years 0-3. Those years, and the prenatal period, set the stage for the rest of a person’s life, and they are the most vulnerable to stress and damage that can result from food insecurity and hunger”(p.12). Food insecurity can not only cause children to be vulnerable and stressed it can also have more health issues like growth impairment, developmental impairments, and other diseases. The developmental impairments included are physical, intellectual and emotional development, when it
comes to education children with poor nutrition have a difficult time learning, staying focused, and on average miss school more.