NTR 108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: School Breakfast Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Debit Card
Document Summary
1 in 6 people worldwide are chronically undernourished. 55,000 people die of hunger each day - 2/3 are children. 2 billion people worldwide suffer from a micronutrient deficiency: terminology, malnutrition: condition of impaired development / function caused by deficiency or excess, undernutrition: food supply insufficient to meet needs of a population. Famine: extreme shortage of food leading to massive starvation of a population. Food insecurity: condition of anxiety about running out of food or money to buy food: undernutrition in the us. Poverty - unemployment, minimum wage and no health benefits, single parent families: homelessness - rising costs of homes, unemployment, mentally ill, substance abuse, help. Food stamp program - supplemental nutrition assessment program (snap) & debit card for food purchase. Special supplemental nutrition program for woman, infant & children (wic) - Coupons for purchase of special foods (infant formula) & nutrition education: the emergency food assistance program (tefap) - distribute usda food commodities.
