Hana pū mākou me UTMB i kēia pule a hoʻolauleʻa i ka pule malnutr He aha ke kumu o ka malnutr? Wahi a ka World Health Organization "Malnutrisi e pili ana i nā hemahema, nā mea ʻoi aʻe a me nā mea ʻole ʻole i ka lawe ʻana o ka ikehu a me / a i ʻole nā ​​meaʻai." Hiki iā ia ke undernutration a overnutrisi paha. Ke manaʻo kekahi i ka ʻai pono ʻole, noʻonoʻo pinepine lākou i nā keiki wīwī, akā ʻo ka mea a mākou e ʻike nei i kēia manawa ka ʻai nui. Hiki i kekahi ke lilo i ka momona a me ka malnourished? ʻOiaʻiʻo nō! Hiki i ka meaʻai ke ʻai ma kahi o kahi kanaka e ʻai ai i ka nui o nā calories, a loaʻa ke kaupaona, akā ʻaʻole paha e ʻai i nā meaʻai kūpono, no laila ua hemahema lākou i nā huaora a me nā minelala he nui. He paʻakikī e ʻōlelo ʻoi aku ka "ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi", akā aia ʻelua mau ʻano i ko mākou kaiāulu, a pono e kamaʻilio ʻia e like me ia.

He aha ka mea e kōkua ai i ka hōʻino kino? Nui nā kumu, akā ʻo kekahi o nā mea maʻamau ka nele i ka meaʻai ma muli o ke kumu kālā a me ka lawa ʻole o ke kiʻi ʻana i ka meaʻai ma muli o ke kumu o ka halihali a palekana paha, e noho ana ma kahi kaiāulu, a pēlā aku. ʻO ka palekana o ka meaʻai kahi manawa ākea a kuhikuhi i ka loaʻa ʻole o ka meaʻai e pili ana i ke kālā a me nā kumuwaiwai ʻē aʻe. Wahi a Feeding Texas, ma Galveston County (zip code 77550) 18.1% o ka poʻe e noho nei i nā home palekana ʻole ka meaʻai. He paʻakikī e wehewehe i ka nui o ka heluna kanaka momona, akā inā ʻaʻole ʻike kekahi i kahi e hele mai ai kā lākou pāʻina aʻe, ʻo ia ka mea e makaʻu ai no ka loaʻa ʻole o ka meaʻai. ʻAʻole pōloli kekahi kanaka pono ʻole i ka ʻai. ʻAʻole paha lākou e ʻai, a i ʻole hiki ke komo i, lawa nā huaʻai, nā lau, a me nā mea olakino ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole hiki ʻole i ko lākou kino ke lawe i nā mea pono e pono ai. Hiki ke kumu ʻia ka hōʻino kino e kahi olakino.

He aha ka mea e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana? Hiki iā mākou ma ka Galveston County Food Bank ke kōkua ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka meaʻai a me nā kumuwaiwai i ka poʻe nele. Hiki iā ʻoe i ke kaiāulu ke kōkua ma o ka hāʻawi pololei ʻana i ka meaʻai i ka poʻe nele a i kāu panakō meaʻai kūloko, inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kēlā, e hāʻawi wale i ka ʻike ma kahi e loaʻa ai ke kōkua. ʻAʻohe mea e pōloli!

—– Kelley Kocurek, RD Intern