ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Food Security, Marasmus, Kwashiorkor
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Almost 1 billion people don"t get enough to eat on a regular basis. Globally, 1 in 9 does not have enough nourishment, but the situation is improving. Globally, approximately 1 billion people are overweight or obese. We are producing more food and more food per person, but per capita food production is starting to decline. Marasmus: severe deficit of energy, protein and carbohydrates. Rural poor in developing countries: often no electricity or safe drinking water, poor health, education, sanitation services. No means to produce food; have few resources to buy it. Victims of catastrophes: floods, droughts, earthquakes, which force people to abandon. Farmers today produce more than enough calories to feed everyone. There is more to food security than just increasing agricultural productivity. Ensuring that all people have physical and economic access to the quantity and quality of food they need to work and function normally from local sources.
