Chapter 4: Nutrition, Climate Change, and Population

Question 1

What is the difference between nutrition and diet?

Answer 1

Nutrition refers to the nutrients needed for health, while diet is the food consumed. Adequate food does not always meet nutritional needs.

Question 2

What role did climate change play in the spread of the plague during the Little Ice Age?

Answer 2

Cooling climate reduced food production, leading to food shortages, famine, and increased rat migrations.