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WorldHunger Intro

The document discusses the critical issues of world hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity, defining key terms such as hunger, malnutrition, and undernutrition. It presents alarming statistics, highlighting that nearly 30% of the global population suffers from malnutrition and that it contributes significantly to child mortality and chronic diseases. The World Health Organization emphasizes the need to address both undernutrition and chronic diseases together, recognizing access to safe and nutritious food as a fundamental human right.

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WorldHunger Intro

The document discusses the critical issues of world hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity, defining key terms such as hunger, malnutrition, and undernutrition. It presents alarming statistics, highlighting that nearly 30% of the global population suffers from malnutrition and that it contributes significantly to child mortality and chronic diseases. The World Health Organization emphasizes the need to address both undernutrition and chronic diseases together, recognizing access to safe and nutritious food as a fundamental human right.

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World Hunger

Introduction
Definitions
► Hunger
 The uneasy or painful sensation caused by
lack of food
► Food Insecurity
 Exists whenever the availability of
nutritionally adequate and safe food or
the ability to acquire acceptable foods in
socially acceptable ways is limited or
uncertain
Definitions
► Malnutrition
 Impaired development or function
► Undernutrition
 Inadequate intake, absorption, or
utilization of nutrients
► Protein-Energy Malnutrition
 Extremely deficient intake of protein and
calories often exacerbated by
accompanying illness
A Few Statistics
► “Hunger and malnutrition remain
among the most devastating problems
facing the majority of the world’s poor
and needy people, and continue to
dominate the health of the world’s
poorest nations.”
 Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic
Diseases, WHO Technical report Series 916
A Few Statistics
► Nearly 30% of humanity are currently
suffering from one or more of the
multiple forms of malnutrition

► 60% of the 10.9 million deaths each


year among children under age 5 in
the developing world is associated
with malnutrition
A Few Statistics
► Iodine
deficiency is estimated to affect
more than 700 million people, most of
them in less developed countries
 The biggest preventable cause of brain
damage and mental retardation
worldwide

► Over 2000 million people have iron


deficiency anemia
A Few Statistics
► VitaminA deficiency remain the single
greatest preventable cause of
needless childhood blindness and
increased risk or premature childhood
mortality from infectious diseases
 250 million children under age 5 have
subclinical deficiency
A Few Statistics
► Intrauterine growth retardation
resulting in low birth weight affects
23.8% or approximately 30 million
newborns per year
 Influences growth, survival, and physical
and mental capacity in childhood
 Has major public health implications due
to increase risk of chronic disease in
adulthood
A Few Statistics
► Food insecurity and undernutrition
persist in the same countries where
chronic diseases are emerging as a
major epidemic.
► The obesity epidemic is being seen
globally, along with the chronic
diseases that accompany it.
A Few Statistics
► In 5 out of the 6 regions of WHO,
deaths caused by chronic diseases
dominate the mortality statistics
► 79% of all deaths attributable to
chronic diseases are already occurring
in developing countries
A Few Statistics
► “Diseasesof affluence” not a correct
name for chronic disease
 Are rapidly emerging both in poorer
countries and in the poorer population
groups in richer countries
►A major public health threat
Position of WHO
► “Thetwo facets of nutrition-related
problems (undernutrition and chronic
diseases) need to be brought together
and treated in the context of the whole
spectrum of malnutrition.”

► “The provision of safe and nutritious


food is now recognized not only as a
human need but also as a basic right.”
report 916

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