Wednesday, May 21, 2008

World issues page 166 #1

Famine - a temporary failure of food production or distribution systems in a particular region that leads to increased mortality due to starvation and diseases that result from lack of food.

Starvation - an extreme form of hunger in which people suffer from a total lack of energy and essential minerals

Malnutrition - A condition in which damage to health is caused by a diet that includes either too much or too little of one or more essential nutrients over an extended period.

Undernutrition - When we consider interantional development issues, we are typically focussing on diets that lack nutrients

chronicpersistent hunger - Constantly hungry

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