Chapter 20- Human Nutrition

Food deserts

Regions or areas in which a large proportion of those living there experience difficulty in obtaining nutritious food?

Soup kitchens

What are establishments where prepared meals are provided meals are provided to those who are hungry, typically for free?

Congregate meals

What are meals served in a community location so people can socialize while they eat?

Food banks

What are nonprofit organizations that act as distribution centers for surplus food?

Food Pantry

What are nonprofit service that provides food to people in need

Meals on Wheels

What are programs in which volunteers deliver meals that have been prepared at a community site to home bound individuals?

ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF)

What are shelf stable foods fortified with calories, protein, and micronutrients that are used for the treatment of undernutrition?

sustainable agriculture

What areFarming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimize pollution, typically by rotating soil- restoring crops with cash crops and reducing in-puts of fertilizer and pesticides?

genetically modified organism (GMO)

What areorganisms that have been genetically modified?

Genetic Modification (GM)

What is the altering an organism's genetic material in effort to create a new organism with different traits; also called genetic engineering?

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

What is the assisstance program that enables qualified low income participants to use monthly cash allotments and a special debit card to purchase foods from authorized stores?

Under 5 mortality rate

What is the number of newborns in a population per 1000 live births, who are likely to die before they reach 5 years of age?

Special Milk Program

What is the program enables eligible students to receive free or reduced cost milk with meals?

Older American Act (OAA)

What is the program that provides finacial assistance for nonprofit programs that provide free meals to adults 60 years of age and older, regardless of their income?

Summer Food Service Program

What is the program that provides finacial support to qualifying facilities that serve free meals and snacks to students during the summer?

School Breakfast Program

What is the program through which schools and other nonprofit agencies are reimbursed fro the cost of providing a nutritious morning meal to eligible low income children?

Stunting

What is the reduced adult size as a consequence of chronic undernutrition in infancy and childhood?

Food insecurity

What is the state in which individuals are concerened about running out of food or not having enough money to buy more food?

Food Security

What is the state in which individuals have access to enough food at all times to lead healthy, active lives?

chronic undernutrition

What is the state of undernutrition occurring when energy and nutrient intakes are insufficient to meet an individual's needs over an extended period of time?

Biotechnology

What is the use of living things to produce new products?