Foods and Nutrition 1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Dukkha, Overfishing, Food Safety

• School: Western University
• Department: Foods and Nutrition
• Course: Foods and Nutrition 1021
• Professor: Noelle Martin

Document Summary

Food insecurity: the condition of limited or uncertain access to food of sufficient quality or quantity to sustain a healthy, active life style. Food security: reliable access to enough nutritious food at all times to sustain a healthy, active life. Food shortage: hunger occurring when an area of the world lacks enough total food to feed its people. Over 9 million people die worldwide each year because of hunger and malnutrition: 5 million are children. The direct medical cost of hunger and malnutrition is estimated at billion each year. Approximately 1. 2 billion people suffer from hunger (deficiency of calories and protein) and about 1. 2 billion suffer from obesity (excess of fats and salt, often accompanied by deficiency of vitamins and minerals) Some 2 to 3. 5 billion people have micronutrient deficiency (deficiency of vitamins and minerals) Widespread & extreme scarcity of food in an area that causes starvation & death in a large portion of the population.