Summary Of Child Hunger And Obesity By James O Connor

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In the Article "Child Hunger And Obesity," the author James O’Connor, the National Recreation and Park Association Senior Manager of Corporate Grants, explains the mutually reinforcing relationship between reducing child hunger and promoting healthy diet among children. The author first describes the America’s child hunger problem. According to the USDA and the Census Bureau report in 2008, estimately 1 out of 4 children in the United States lived in food insecure households. The degree of child hunger varies from each family. Some children have to skip meals, while others get enough food but eat an unbalanced diet due to economic reasons; some get to eat but in the cost of their parents or sibling go hungry. Although there are many public