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HUNGER & MALNUTRITION

What are hunger and malnutrition?

What causes hunger and malnutrition?

Who at risk for hunger and malnutrition?

How to solve hunger and malnutrition?

CONTENT:

Hunger- can be defined as the continuing deprivation in a person of the food needed to support a healthy life.

Malnutrition-is a general term for a condition caused by inadequate dietary intake and/or disease; it can occur in conjunction with both under and over consumption of calories and/or micronutrients.

WHAT ARE HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION?

Poverty Climate change - Natural disasters Rising food prices Problems of food distribution

Who at risk for hunger and malnutrition?WHAT CAUSES OF HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION?

Several population groups are especially vulnerable to hunger. These are children, rural inhabitants, slum dwellers.

In the developing countries, it is in the rural areas that the largest masses of the poor are to be found. It may seem paradoxical that a high proportion of those who live in the countryside - and who are actually involved in growing food - are undernourished but in times of shortage or crisis, rural areas are usually the hardest to reach with food and other supplies. Women, who are often active in food production as well as taking care of a family, are more likely than men to suffer from malnutrition.

WHO AT RISK FOR HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION?

Food relief in emergencies Nutrition for under-twos Meals for kids in school Support to small holder farmers Food for training Food vouchers

HOW TO SOLVE HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION?

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