A healthy child stands less of a chance of contacting disease such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer and strokes when they get older than a malnutrition one. "Healthy eating in childhood and adolescence is important for proper growth and development and can prevent health problems such as obesity, dental caries, iron deficiency, and osteoporosis." (www.cdc.gov,2013)If a child eats the right amount of nutritious fruits and vegetables as well as whole-grains, and less fats and sodium, they are more likely to be healthy and happier. Children burns off a lot of energy by playing, riding bikes, running, and they need to be fed properly everyday. Parents need to limit the amount of sweets and sugary drinks and increase the amount of water that their child drink everyday. Schools should make sure that they are feeding kids healthy and nutritious foods and emphasizing the effects of healthy eating to kids and parents. Good nutrition is very important for maintaining a healthy rate and healthy growth as shown by my next paragraph.

 "Chronic malnutrition has been a persistent problem for young children in sub-Saharan Africa. A high percentage of these children fail to reach the normal international standard height for their age; that is, they are "stunted." (Teller,2008). The region has now the world's highest rate of stunting among children—43 percent—and has shown little improvement over the past 15 years. This story shows that because of the fact that these kids are malnourished, they are not growing to the proper height and therefore are stunted. Poor nutrition can come from a number of factors from poverty to climate change to little or no education and access to nutritional education. Low income families are more likely to have more children that are malnourished  because they do not have the means to by the proper food for their kids, that is where programs like WIC (women, infant, and children) comes in, it provides food that are both nutritious and healthy.

References
Nutrition facts retrieved on May 17, 2013 from http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/nutrition/facts.htm

Teller, 2008. Reducing Child Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Surveys Find ... retrieved on May 17, 2013 from www.prb.org/Articles/2008/stuntingssa.aspx

My name is Joanne Hardin. I am a mother of four and all of their births was completely different. The first two had no medication and they were born in 2 hours. The third one took 8 hours and I was given medication with him which I can attest and say that it is an epidural is a wonderful thing. These 3 were boys, the last one was a girl and she were born in fifteen minutes with no medication, and even though this was the fastest it was the hardest one for me. She had to be sent to another hospital and I did not see her for three days, you better believe when I was released from the hospital I went straight there. I love all my kids the same and would not trade them for the world.

Most women in England have their babies at home rather than a hospital with a midwife in attendance. They have little or no problems. I myself would prefer a hospital anytime.