The Oklahoma Regional Food Bank was created on the 15 of May 1980, which was the 21st food bank to be created in the United States of America and the first in the region. It was formally known as the Oklahoma City food bank. The Food Bank serves a total of 53 counties in Oklahoma. The majority served are children, working poor and senior citizens. In its first year of operation, the Regional Food Bank distributed 280,000 pounds of food, which is now distributed every three days. The nonprofit provides enough food to feed more than 116,000 people every week with administrative and fundraising costs of less than four percent. Since its inception in 1980, the Regional Food Bank has distributed nearly 590 million pounds of food to families who find themselves in need. The food bank also offers programs such as: Backpack Program: Provides chronically hungry elementary school students with a backpack full of kid-friendly, non-perishable, nutritious food every Friday to sustain them over weekends and school holidays.
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They include an individual’s SES including income, employment, education as well as multiple factors such community safety, affordable housing and food security (WHO, 2012). The Oklahoma regional food bank mainly focused on the food security on the social determinants theory. By providing food security to underprivileged people, it helps reduce the risk of malnutrition and chronic conditions. Malnutrition can impair physical and mental health, which can result in children having trouble concentrating in school. Access to healthy food is imperative in maintaining health .In children; food security is essential in the development of children. The food bank promotes food security by providing a health balance diet. They in cooperate fruits and vegetable and they give the food