Malnutrition’s Impact on Underprivileged Communities

The Food Research and Action Center writes in one of their articles that “there is growing awareness and acknowledgment in the health care community that health outcomes and disparities, more often than not, are driven by social determinants of health than by medical care.” These social determinants of health include the conditions where people live, work, learn, and play.

Maintaining good health, eating a nutritious diet, treating an existing chronic disease, or a combination of these can be difficult for those experiencing poverty or food insecurity due to limited income and resources, conflicting priorities, and stress. Research shows that those who live in or near poverty have disproportionately lower health outcomes and less access to health care than those who do not.

With this in mind, our non-denominational organization strives to help poor communities rise above their food insecurity one drive at a time.

Malnutrition has long-term consequences for people’s health and economic well-being. Undernutrition increases the danger of illness and infection, including the length of recovery time, having a major economic impact due to the expenditures on medical care or missed wages resulting from missing work. As such, we ask you to please support our children’s programs to give them a chance to grow up healthily and with full support.

Through our community Christian services in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, we at BETHESDA COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SERVICES ask for your help through food donations to help feed families in Haiti. The food donations you provide help change the lives of the children we support. Every little bit matters when it comes to food donations.

To support and donate to our non-profit organization in Haiti, feel free to get in touch with us today.