Pat Kerans's blog

Food and children: A national issue?

When you think about the issue of food and children, it is almost automatic to see it as a local issue. Food banks, school breakfast programs, community programs to help parents with nutrition issues, whether meal planning or dealing with the imbalances of the food market – all local programs and so local issues.  It seems natural to think first of your neighbours’ difficulties.  How can we massage the food/child issue to see it as a national issue?