GMS 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Allergen, Micronutrient, Measles
3 Apr 2016
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Hunger: refers t onto having enough food and as a result potentially sufering from malnutrition. Malnutrition: general term that indicates a lack of some or all nutritional elements necessary for human health o. Protein-energy malnutrition (pem): lack of calories and protein. Protein is necessary for key body functions including provision of essential amino acids and development and maintenance of muscles. Most lethal form of malnutrition/hunger and is a type of malnutrition that is referred to when world hunger is discussed. This is not the type of malnutrition that is referred to when world hunger is discussed, though it is certainly very important. The united nations food and agriculture organization (fao) estimates that nearly 870 million people were sufering from chronic undernourishment 2010 20112 o. Almost all hungry people (852 million) live in developing countries o. Represents 15 percent of the population of developing countries. There are 16 million undernourished in developed countries.
