HE301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dumpster Diving, Food Security, Food Quality
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1 essay, couple short answer question, no mcq essay using evidence from this course, ) . Learning objectives: conceptualize food insecurity in a broad context, evaluate food insecurity through the lens of human rights, determine the extent of intersections. Hunger food, starving, endurance, embarrassing, expensive, stressful. Inability to purchase and put food on the table: what is extreme food insecurity, famine, diseases associated with malnutrition (rickets, starvation, depravation (goes beyond just missing a meal) In addition to lack of food (quantity: psychological worry & stress, food quality, socially acceptable ways to obtain food, dumpster diving, stealing food. Common coping strategies: 50% eat lower quality foods, 38% of parents don"t eat, 25% eat less, skip meals, 22% seek food from charities, usually the last resort. Food insecurity determines: mental health, physical health, emotional health, overall, aggregated hunger: threatens the health of the population. Reading 1 (raphael) odds of individuals in food insufficient households .