Foods and Nutrition 1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Canadian Living, Golden Rice, Papaya
23 Dec 2016
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Hunger and the global environment the worlds chronically hungry people suffer the effects of undernutiriton and and many in. Canada live with food insecurity: many forces combine to threaten the worlds future foods supply and its distribution, chromic hunger causes many deaths worldwide especially among children. Food insecurity the condition of limited or uncertain access to food of suf cient quality or quantity to sustain a healthy, active life. Food security reliable access to enough nutritious food at all times to sustain a healthy, active life: hunger lack or shortage of basic foods needed to provide energy & nutrients that support health. Chronic, painful feeling when no food or too little food is available. Causes protein energy malnutrition, iron de ciency anemia, severe vit-min de ciencies. Food shortage hunger occurring when an area of the world lacks enough total food to feed its people. Hunger vs. obesity: over 9 million people die worldwide each year because of hunger and malnutrition.
