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Calendar ► Tues. June 14  Topic: Sports-nutrition & Domestic Hunger ► Thurs. June 16  Topic: wrap up and review ► Final ► 9:30 class Tues. June 21 starts.

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1 Calendar ► Tues. June 14  Topic: Sports-nutrition & Domestic Hunger ► Thurs. June 16  Topic: wrap up and review ► Final ► 9:30 class Tues. June 21 starts at 9:15 (90 minutes) ► 11:30 class Tues. June 21 starts at 11:30 (90 minutes)

2 Hunger   Define hunger?   How does it make you feel?   How would you feel if you didn’t know when you would be fed next?   What actions would you take if you were in this situation (poor and hungry)?

3 Domestic Hunger/Malnutrition Feeding the US population of ~320 Million

4 HungerHunger in the USA ~40M‘food insecure’ or‘hungry’ #1 at risk=kids of single, poor women #1 cause of domestic hunger=poverty ‘Poor’ in US  income < Federal poverty guidelines

5 Federal Poverty Guideline   Individual~ $11,880   Family of 4 ~ $24,300 2 adults+ 2 kids Does this seem poor to you? If you were earning twice this amount would you still be poor? (reside in Bay Area)

6 Minimum Wage   Hourly wage allowed by the Fed Government   Fed minimum wage = $7.25/hr

7 Does earning minimum wage keep you out of poverty?   Calif min. wage = $10.00/hr.(SJ $10.30/hr.)   Full time @ Calif minimum wage = $20,800 Remember…..   Federal Poverty level guideline   single= $11,880   family= $24,300

8 What is meant by Living Wage?Living Wage

9 The wage required to live independent of charity

10 Safety Net Huge in the US Private Loaves and Fishes Sunday Friends City Team Vegielution SHFB …….many more

11 p. 573

12 Second Harvest Food Bank Second Harvest Food Bank $0.95 per dollar spent at SHFB, goes to feeding people In 2016 ~250,000 fed each month ~67% families with kids and seniors Programs PIN, Sr. Brown Bag, KIDS now

13 Government Programs Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP CalFresh in CA $1 CalFresh spent generate $1.79 of activity in the local economy Max benefit <$2/meal per family member

14 Government Programs WIC Improve pg outcome #1 efficient Fed food program Nutrient dense food, Nutr. Ed, Medical School Lunch (Breakfast + Summer) Program Lunch program is oldest Fed food plan

15 1946 National School Lunch Act “In the long view, no nation is healthier than its children, or more prosperous than its farmers” President H.S. Truman

16   Charitable safety-net exists   Govt. programs exist   Room for improvement   Goal: All to have access to a safe, nutritious food supply


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