2. AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CH 30 CLASS NOTES
Global Disparities in
Nutrition and Health

3. GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD EMERGENCY???
Maybe in future: WHY???
Pop. Growth, Urbanization, Energy costs, Climate change

4. FOOD DISTRIBUTION Malnutrition –
ill health resulting from deficiency in essential foods
1/6 of world is malnourished
Rich Countries = Fed Countries

5. Why Malnourished? 1. Distribution systems fail
2. Inability to pay costs
3. Traditional cultural practices that favor men (disadvantage women & child)

6. Factors of Malnutrition

8. Dietary Balance: (5)
Adequate supply of protein, carbs, fats, vitamins, minerals
Hidden Hunger: despite adequate caloric intake (carbs), certain foods are in short supply (proteins) = malnourished

10. Actions to Take to Avoid a Food Crisis
Is reason for concern!!!
National and International Scale:
1. Formulate Population Policies
Family planning
2. Sustain the Green Revolution
GE / GM products

11. 4. Stimulate local Production
3. Expand Farmlands
Less development
Reclaim dilapidated city lands
4. Stimulate local Production
Small gardens
Rooftop Gardens

15. Mr. Lane’s Backyard Garden

16. Chicago City Hall

17. 419 Lafayette Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City

19. NYC Boardwalk???

22. 5. Encourage Land Reform Who farms land = better farming
City farming (rooftops)
Vertical Farming???

24. Vertical Farming

25. DragonFly Skyscraper

26. Bosco Verticale – Milan, Italy

28. Pasona Building - Tokyo, Japan

29. ACROS Fukuoka Building, Japan

30. 6. Improve Food Dist. Systems
Transport infrastructures
7. Develop Alt. Food Sources
Aquaculture (fish farms)

31. 8. Strengthen INT. NAT. Controls on Ocean Fishing
Many countries overfish
9. Reduce Meat Consumption
Healthier / more grain available
10. Promote Social Change
Amend cultural practices
Equality for women

33. MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY Study of health and disease in geographic context
Source, spread (diffusion), affect regions
Contagious Diseases – diseases that can be transmitted

34. Infant Mortality Nutrition plays a huge part (development) Low: ???
Poverty, sanitation, medical services
Low: ???
High: ???
(Map p. 462)

35. IMR Map

38. IMR Causes Physical health of Mother Poor Sanitation / Drinking water
More die cause parents not know how to cope with routine problems like diarrhea than because of epidemics
Leading killer (w/ malnutrition)

42. DISEASE TYPES 1. Infectious Diseases Invasion of a parasite (Malaria)
65% of all human illnesses
2. Chronic / Degenerative
Long term deterioration of body (cancer)
3. Genetic / Inherited
Genetic Diseases (Down’s Synd.)

44. EPIDEMIC –
Sudden outbreak leads to high % of cases & deaths in a region
PANDEMIC –
When outbreak spreads around the world (influenza)
ENDEMIC –
Disease particular to a region or locale (mono in college)

45. DISEASES in BOOK p. 468-478 Malaria Yellow Fever Sleeping Sickness
Cholera
Influenza
AIDS