PBHL 1104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15 : Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Feeding America, Junk Food
5 Jan 2017
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Chapter 15 hunger and the future of food: In the united states today, 6. 8 million households live with very low food society. One or more members of these households, have little to nothing to eat because of a lack of money. 10. 7 million food insecure households experience somewhat less dire conditions. Food insecurity often leads to hunger which includes pain, illness or weakness caused by a prolonged and involuntary lack of food. At least 805 million people living in the poorest developing nations suffer chronic food insufficiency, hunger, and severe malnutrition. Today, many nations are facing a food crisis in which meager food supplies have dwindled further, and rates of malnutrition have risen sharply. Significant numbers of us children in families with low food security consume enough calories from a steady diet of inexpensive, low nutrient foods with fewer health foods. Some suggest that food deserts may help to explain why obesity rates rise as incomes fall.
