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Enhancing National Security through Childhood Development and Nutrition

This comprehensive report by Rear Admiral Jamie Barnett (USN Retired) emphasizes the critical link between childhood development, nutrition, and national security. It advocates for an expansion of early childhood education, particularly Pre-K programs, to ensure that the first five years of a child's life foster optimal brain development. The report highlights the necessity of providing high-quality nutrition in schools and encourages physical fitness among children, noting that early investments can yield significant societal returns. By addressing obesity and enhancing educational standards, we can cultivate a healthier, more capable future generation.

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Enhancing National Security through Childhood Development and Nutrition

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  1. Growing Citizens for Tomorrow: How Childhood Development and Nutrition Affect National Security Jamie Barnett Rear Admiral, USN (Retired)

  2. The ‘Expanding’ Epidemic

  3. National Security Issues: Pre-K and Nutrition • We must expand and improve early childhood development and we must expand our thinking to include Pre-Kindergarten, not just Kindergarten. • 2. We must make sure that the calories that our kids get in school have high quality nutrition and meet nutrition standards, and • 3. We need to do more to encourage our children to become physically fit. Students get up to 50% of their daily calorie intake at school 4

  4. Early Childhood Investments Pay Dividends Research shows we must start early 90% of a child’s brain is developed in the first 5 years 5

  5. ScienceDaily (Feb. 4, 2011) — For every $1 invested in a Chicago early childhood education program, nearly $11 is projected to return to society over the children's lifetimes -- equivalent to an 18 percent annual return on program investment --according to a study led by University of Minnesota professor of child development Arthur Reynolds 6

  6. Young Obesity in Perspective Americans between the ages of 17-24 need to lose a collective 390 MILLION pounds!

  7. Mission: Readiness Report “Too Fat to Fight”

  8. Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

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  10. Physical Fitness Affects Learning 11

  11. What We Can Do • Support for Pre-K programs not just K-12. • Support the Dept of Agriculture to implement the science-based meal standards required by the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act. • Financial support for schools to meet those standards, to train school nutritionists and cafeteria managers and to buy kitchen equipment to make healthy, appetizing meals. • Find ways for effective physical education in schools. …and we must 12

  12. Growing Citizens for Tomorrow: How Childhood Development and Nutrition Affect National Security Jamie Barnett Rear Admiral, USN (Retired) 202-997-3591 jamiebarnett76@gmail.com http://missionreadiness.org/ 13

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