1. Chapter 14 Feeding the World

2. The Cycle of Malnutrition
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3. The Cycle of Malnutrition
Newborn to
5 years of child
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4. Two Faces of Malnutrition
Of the approximately 6.5 billion people on earth today, less than 1 billion live in developed countries.
Many people in the world are exposed to undernutrition and starvation.
Many people in the world have experienced a nutrition transition, leading to overconsumption, obesity and disease.
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5. Overweight and Underweight Around the World
Use of nutrition in careful
and wisely manner
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6. Overweight and Underweight Around the World
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7. Transition from Under- to Overnutrition
Poverty:
About 1.4 billion people are around the
world are below the International
poverty line
Hunger and undernutrition are mostly
due of poverty
Food Shortage:
Lot of problems due to inadequate
or no food for long time in large
number of population might be due to
natural disaster like earthquakes,
floods, crop destruction, lack or no
rain
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Impact of Poverty
Lack of Immunizations and
treatments for infections and
other illness.
Lack of health care also
increases infant mortality
and low-birth-weight births
Lack of education in children
leads to many nutrition and
disease related problems.
Nearly 96% of world’s under-
nourished people live in
developing countries where
very little or no assistance
through government food
assistance and job training
programs, like in developed
countries.
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Poor-Quality Diets
Even with sufficient amounts of food, the types of food are important for a healthy diet.
Protein and energy deficiencies usually occur together and are most common in children.
Iron deficiency may affect as much as 60-80% of the world’s population.
Iodine deficiency may affect 13-30% of the world’s population.
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children.
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10. Food Insecurity in the United States
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11. Sustainable Agriculture and Choices
Sustainable agriculture uses food production methods that prevent damage to the environment and allow the land to restore itself so food can be produced indefinitely.
Choosing food grown locally can minimize energy costs and pollution due to food transport.
Choosing organic foods that are minimally processed and ecologically packaged can minimize environmental impacts.
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Sustainable Farming
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