MANY AMERICANS DONT HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS

OBESITY

• According to the National Health and Nutrition surveys about 69% of adults are overweight
• More than 78 million adult Americans are considered obese
• Nearly 13% of adults age 20 and older have diabetes and 40%have not been diagnosed

OBESITY

• In the past 30 years child obesity more than doubled from children 2-5, nearly tripled ages 6-11, and more than tripled ages 12-19
• Food is everywhere we can get something to eat or drink almost everywhere
• Becoming obese happens over time when the energy we take in by eating is not balance with energy we burn form physically avtivity
• www.nhlbi.nih.gov

DIVORCE

• Children whose parents have divorced are increasingly the victims of abuse. They exhibit more health, behavioral, and emotional problems, are involved more frequently in and drug abuse, and have higher rates of suicide.
• Religious worship, which has been linked to better health, longer marriages, and better family life, drops after the parents divorce.
• Divorce generally reduces the income of the child’s primary household and seriously diminishes the potential of every member of the household to accumulate wealth.
• http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2000/06/the-effects-of-divorce-on-...

DIVORCE

• 50% of all North-American children will witness the divorce of their parents. Almost half of them will also see the breakup of a parent's second marriage.
• Almost 50 percent of the parents with children that are going through a divorce move into poverty after the divorce.
• 50% of all the children born to married parents today, will experience the divorce of their parents before they are 18 years old.

HUNGER

HUNGER IN AMERICA

• 1 in 6 people in America face hunger.
• 49 million Americans struggle to put food on the table.
• 40% of food is thrown out in the U.S every year. This food could have fed 25 million Americans.

HUNGER IN AMERICA

• More than 1 in 5 children are at risk of hunger.
• 1 in 7 people are enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, almost half are children.
• Food insecurity exists in every county in America.
• https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-hunger-us

HOMELESSNESS

• Homelessness can be caused by job loss, divorce, depression, and untreated mental illness.(nationalhomelessness.org)
• Divorce costs and serious illnesses can deplete a families income, causing them to live on the street. (endhomelessness.org)
• Veterans often become homeless because of their injuries from war. (nationalhomelessness.org)

HOMELESSNESS

• 3.5 million Americans are homeless every year, and 1 million of them are children. (pbs.org)
• The President's Budget for the Department of Defense is $533.7 billion. To add on, they're requesting $130.0 billion to their current budget. (cehkc.org)
• The government spends more money on the war than on the veterans who deal with homelessness and disabilities. (cehkc.org)