300,000 Philly-area kids could go hungry if Congress doesn’t act | Philadelphia Inquirer Opinion
When children go hungry, they suffer severe emotional and physical health consequences. Children who do not have adequate nutrition tend to be sick more often, are at greater risk for chronic illnesses, and experience lower performance in school because they cannot concentrate. Hungry children also have more social and behavioral problems, and they cannot adapt as effectively to stress as children who have enough to eat.
