Sentences with phrase «without access to nutritious food»

However, without access to nutritious food, safe housing, and quality medical care, young children living in poverty can quickly fall behind their more economically advantaged peers.

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While breastfeeding provides a safe and nutritious food for infants in countries without reliable access to clean drinking water, the risk associated with formula feeding decreases exponentially in countries where women have easy access to regulated infant formula, properly cleaned bottles, and safe drinking water.

Focusing on the bill's support of school lunches and ignoring the issue of infant formula, the e-mail boasted that the bill would give millions of children «access to nutritious food» and that it passed «without a single dissenting vote in the United States Senate.»

There are millions of kids in America who the USDA considers «food insecure» — they live in households without regular access to nutritious food.

For states and localities where universal access is unrealistic, an expansion of the community eligibility program, which allows schools and districts in low - income areas to serve free breakfast and lunch to all students without collecting applications, would be an interim step to consider.44 Making free meals universal would ensure that all students experiencing food insecurity have access to healthy, nutritious meals; end the stigma surrounding school lunch; and eliminate administrative barriers to accessing the program.