NSCI 3543: Hunger and Global Food Issues

lowest income countries have an average daily supply of <

1,800 calories/person

women make up a little over ___________ of the world's population, but they account for over ______ percent of the world's hungry.

1/2, 60

The food supply of individuals who are chronically undernourished is <

2,000 calories/day

About ________ million people of the 7.3 billion people in the world, or 1 in 9, suffer from *chronic undernourishment* (2014-2016).

795

Vitamin A

about 25% of kids have a subclinical vitamin A deficiency (vitamin A helps with eyesight).

Food security

access at all times by all people to an adequate amount of safe, nutritious, and culturally appropriate foods for active and healthy lives.

Marasmus

all skin and bone (skin stretched over bone)

Hunger

condition in which people lack the basic food intake needed to provide them with the energy and nutrients for fully productive, active lives.

Zinc

deficiency results in around 800,000 deaths in kids a year. (zinc helps with cell division, growth, and wound healing).

Humanitarian daily rations (HDRs) are

food rations for humanitarian crises

Hunger and malnutrition are the #1 risk to ___________ worldwide.

health

Inadequate diets lead to what 3 things

impaired physical, psychological, and cognitive (thinking, reasoning, and remembering) development in kids.

Iodine

in developing countries, about 20% of population suffers iodine efficiency, which affects the thyroid (regulates metabolism).

99% of maternal deaths occur in developing countries, and most of them are preventable. causes are

infectious diseases, blood loss, and unsafe abortions account for most of the deaths.

recognition that globally there is enough for all and that inequitable access is the

main problem.

kwashiorkor

malnutrition in severely lacking protein (big stomach, but really small appendages).

Iron

more than 40% of women are anemic (in red blood cells, in the hemoglobin that helps transport oxygen to the cells).

Malnutrition

poor nutritional status due to dietary intake either above or below the optimal level. (developing countries deal with this).

Hunger and poor agricultural infrastructures

poor roads lack of warehouses for storage unreliable water sources

What are the causes of hunger and malnutrition

poverty natural disasters conflicts poor agricultural infrastructure over-exploitation of the environment

the incidence of malnutrition is widespread at the early stages of ______________ emergencies, which increases the risk of disease and death.

refugee

Nutrition transition

shift in dietary habit from complex carbs and fiber to high fat, saturated fat, and sugar intake that occurs as incomes increase.

hunger and over-exploitation of the environment

soil erosion decreased biodiversity (natural resources) water and air pollution

in developing countries, an estimated 165 million kids below 5 years old have ___________ growth.

stunted

(this one and the previous one go together) the total at the end of 2015 reached *65.3 million* or 1 out of every 113 people on earth.

the number represents a 5.8 million increase in one year.

Food insecurity

there is limited or uncertain access to foods of sufficient quality or quantity to sustain a healthy and active lifestyle.