World Hunger: Another Epidemic! Unit 2 Food and You

What is HUNGER? The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. Also the exhausted condition caused by want of food

Facts 150 million children suffer from malnutrition Everyday 35,000 children die because they didn’t have enough to eat Every year, 11 million children die from a lack of food.

At least ¾ of a billion people suffer from some form of malnutrition. About 50,000 people die each day as a result of malnutrition. 800 million people know what it is like to go to bed hungry. About 200 million children under the age of 5 are underweight.

Who suffers the most? Children Pregnant women Those who are ill The elderly Why?

Causes of World Food Problem World Wide Problems Natural catastrophes Environmental Degradation Food supply-and-demand imbalances Inadequate food reserves Warfare and civil disturbances Declining ecological conditions in agriculture regions.

Causes of World Food Problem Problems of the Developing World Underdevelopment Excessive population growth Lack of nutrition knowledge Insufficient government attention to the rural sector

What do you think? Citizens in the Unite States make up 6% of the world’s population and consume 40% of the resources of the world.

The World Economy Game

Directions 1. Take five color chips, one of each color.

Directions 2. Stand up and go trade two chips for two chips with someone who does not sit at your table! (Trade any color you choose!)

Directions 3. Trade three chips for three chips with someone else who does not sit at your table! (Trade any color you choose!)

Directions 4. Trade one chip for one chip with someone else who does not sit at your table! (Trade any color you choose!)

Directions 4. Trade two chips for two chips with someone else who does not sit at your table! (Trade any color you choose!)

Directions 5. Go sit down at your table and count up your team’s points… But keep your PERSONAL chips to yourself!-- Do NOT combine them and mix together!!!!!

Values Yellow- 50 points Green- 25 points Red- 15 points Chips and their value: Yellow- 50 points Green- 25 points Red- 15 points Pink- 10 points Blue- 5 points Combination Values 2 of a kind- 0 extra pts 3 of a kind- 5 extra pts 4 of a kind- 10 extra pts 5 of a kind- 20 extra pts

Top Scoring Team Make up new rules to the game. What chips do you start out with? Who can trade? Be creative!