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1
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What is hunger?

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  • Feeling of discomfort
  • Weakness caused by a lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat
  • Strong desire or craving of food
2
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Differentiate hunger from painful hunger.

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  • Hunger can be an uncomfortable feeling (e.g. dieting)

- If the lack of food is prolonger, hunger can hurt

3
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Differentiate hunger from gastritis.

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  • Hunger: can be satiated by food

- Gastritis: inflammation of stomach

4
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Define hidden hunger.

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  • A situation in which it is difficult to tell if a person is hungry
  • A lack of vitamins and minerals, which do not necessarily show obvious symptoms
5
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Who came up with a consensual definition concerning food security? When?

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  • Rome Declaration on World Food Security

- 1996

6
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Who does food security affect?

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  • All people (sexe, ethnicity)
  • All times
  • Human right
7
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Define food security.

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  • The physical and economic access to food

- The access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets our dietary needs and preferences

8
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What is the end goal of food security?

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To provide individuals with an active and healthy life

9
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Does food security encompass food safety, or the opposite?

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Food security encompasses food safety

10
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Define food safety.

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Food is safe to consume, and is not contaminated, toxic, etc.

11
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Give an example of food insecurity in Central America and Mexico.

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  • Corn is the most important food
  • In certain areas, there are inadequate storing facilities
  • Corn is subjected to humidity and high temperatures, which causes mold to grow
  • Corn accumulates toxins (Aflatoxins)
  • Extremely poisonous and increases the risk of liver cancer
12
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What are the toxins accumulated on corn called?

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Aflatoxins

13
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What used to be the core component of food security? What are we moving towards?

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  • Before: sufficiency

- Now: nutrition

14
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Define food insecurity.

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Limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways

15
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Food insecurity (is/is not) the lack of food security.

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is not

16
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What are socially unacceptable ways of acquiring foods?

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  • Stealing
  • Scavenging
  • Food distribution inequality due to social castes or gender discrimination
  • Prostitution
  • Working children in the streets
17
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How does food security shift to food insecurity?

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  • Access to food: food security

- Lack of availability: food insecurity

18
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Why is availability not a problem in today’s society? What is?

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  • We know how to produce staple foods optimally

- Problem: ability of individuals to acquire foods (income, prices, distribution)

19
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Describe the physical environment.

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  • Climate change
  • Soil degradation
  • Water scarcity
20
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Describe the social environment.

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  • Land distribution

- Conflicts

21
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Describe the policy environment.

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  • Budget allocation
  • Food markets
  • Instability
22
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What environmental layers contribute to food insecurity?

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Physical -> Social -> Policy

23
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What does insufficient financial capital impact?

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Agriculture production

24
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What does low human capital cause?

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Illiteracy and taboos

25
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What does low social capital cause?

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Weak social network

26
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What does low ecological capital impact?

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Negatively impacts natural ressources

27
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What do low capitals cause?

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  • Poverty, unemployment, and high food prices

- Lead to food insecurity

28
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What does food insecurity lead to?

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  • Insufficient or low quality diet

- Poor utilization of food ressources

29
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What does food insecurity lead to?

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  • Malnutrition (overweight, underweight)

- Malnutrition leads to illness, depression, and conflicts

30
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What is the double-burden of nutrition?

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  • Overnutrition (rich)

- Undernutrition (poor)

31
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What does poverty and food insecurity relate to?

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  • Undernutrition

- Obesity and chronic diseases

32
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_______________ implies personal or household financial means to buy food for an adequate diet. It must be at a level to satisfy the dietary needs of the individual and the household all year round.

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Economic accessibility

33
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_________ implies that food must be accessible to everyone (including vulnerable groups) and everywhere (including remote areas).

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Physical accessibility

34
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___________ means that adequate food must be available and accessible all year-round.

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Stability of supply

35
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________ is a political concept, which focuses on the needs of small food producers, less on urban issues, and introduces new rights not yet approved.

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Food sovereignty