HLWL 1116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Money Supply, Malnutrition
4 Dec 2016
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Food insecurity: check statistics on websites extremely high food waste, terminology. Food insecurity: not knowing what the next meal is gonna be, due to money/ supply. Malnutrition: diet practices not meeting nutritional needs may or may not get enough calories, but not all the necessary nutrients. Undernutrition: diet practices with suboptimal intake to meet dietary needs. Famine: extreme shortage of food ex. potato famine in ireland. Reduced strength and energy if you are sick need to eat. Poor recovery from above no strength to do so. 1/6 worldwide are undernourished 1 billion pp. Kids under 5 most susceptible to disease/infection ex rickets, . 2008: 1. 6% of us households insecure, 7% in canada. Undernutrition in the us: poverty unemployed, multiple children, homelessness inability to cook, not able to get all nutrients, programs concerns with kids because might feel different b/c have different meal plans not use them. Supplemental nutrition assistance program help for low income families, get.
