ENV S 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Homeostasis, Onew, Norman Borlaug
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Food through the lens of ej (food justice) Benefits and risks on how food is grown, processed, transported, distributed, and consumed are shared equitably. Guarantee of an adequate, safe, nutritious and reliable food supply to all people at all times. People have to decide between food and education. At uc"s 4 in 10 don"t have nutritious diet. Solution: as food bank (2011) emergency fund. Ucsb first place to have full time staff to run this. Undernutrition- long term dietary condition that includes either: Not enough vitamins or minerals, iron, zinc, vitamin a. Overnutrition- a person"s weight is higher than what is considered as a healthy weight for a given height . Body mass index (bmi) is used as screening tool for overweight/obesity. More obese people 1980 2008 (doubled in %) Nearly 2 billion in world overweight (13%) Cultivation, harvesting, storing crops by humans and other animal powers. Covers 38% of land: 26% for livestock, 12% for crops.
