ANT214H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Malnutrition, Cognitive Development
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Mal nu t ri t i o n, u n de r nu tri t i o n, ove rn u tr i ti o n. Undernutrition: inadequate intake of essential nutrients needed to survive and thrive. Starvation: macronutrients (protein and energy, micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) Malnutrition: bad nutrition it can also mean over or under nutrition, obesity is also malnutrition. Measured through child growth, mortality, infectious disease rates. E. g. , fever, diarrhea, or acute respiratory syndrome (actual cause of death) Climate change drought and flooding destroys peoples crops disturbances to the food system that lead to hunger and starvation. War and displacement disrupt farming and food production. Food is used as a weapon seize/destroy food & livestock, fields mined, water contaminated, places burned down: markets could be burned to the ground and thus there is no place for people to buy food from . Hiv/aids affects capacity of entire society to produce food affecting entire society"s nutrition.
